---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the adoption protection act and updating the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act."
description: "Creating the adoption protection act and updating the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "Kansas SB 284 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa4c0121-4162-414c-ad5d-317c73792d6c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb284"
source_hash: "fcb458617bb99524f989478fa6fa19ceea5a55fb643b1f3c3af9c6d84038c9c5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 284 (2017-2018) — Creating the adoption protection act and updating the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb284_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb284_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb284_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb284_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **34–5** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **24–15** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **63–58** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **102–22** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2018-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hodge `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hodge was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Representative Kelly raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 102 Nay: 22 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kelly, Representative Powell and Representative Finney appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-30** Senator Estes, Senator Olson, and Senator Faust-Goudeau are appointed to replace Senator Longbine, Senator Billinger, and Senator Rogers on the Conference Committee
- **2018-04-30** Representative Jennings, Representative Whitmer, and Representative Highberger are appointed to replace Representative Kelly, Representative Powell, and Representative Finney on the Conference Committee
- **2018-05-02** Senator Wilborn, Senator Lynn, and Senator Haley are appointed to replace Senator Estes, Senator Olson, and Senator Faust-Goudeau on the Conference Committee
- **2018-05-03** Representative Highland, Representative Humphries, and Representative Ruiz are appointed to replace Representative Jennings, Representative Whitmer, and Representative Highberger on the Conference Committee
- **2018-05-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Highland, Representative Humphries and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Wilborn, Senator Lynn and Senator Haley appointed as second conferees
- **2018-05-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 63 Nay: 58 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 24 Nay: 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 18, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa4c0121-4162-414c-ad5d-317c73792d6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).