---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act."
description: "Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "Kansas SB 310 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aff9e62-c4c8-413f-810c-85cb65c25a2c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb310"
source_hash: "f37af77f7ea9a19cd4e6120456cb1f5d7acf07fb19684fd4c33287277a360ea8"
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 310 (2017-2018) — Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride 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/sb310_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb310_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective May 17, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb310_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **114–7** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-01-24** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Ralph and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-02** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-02** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-02** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 114 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, May 07, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aff9e62-c4c8-413f-810c-85cb65c25a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).