---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 323 by Committee on Utilities - Concerning the Kansas retail electric suppliers act and the regulation of electric cooperatives and municipal energy agencies."
description: "Substitute for SB 323 by Committee on Utilities - Concerning the Kansas retail electric suppliers act and the regulation of electric cooperatives and municipal energy agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "Kansas SB 323 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd11b8d4-555e-4083-9a69-bddf18298096"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb323"
source_hash: "5e963ec7fdfd003d1facadfa31b4a4b056c6dc68a62360c15f9ca019afcbb600"
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 323 (2017-2018) — Substitute for SB 323 by Committee on Utilities - Concerning the Kansas retail electric suppliers act and the regulation of electric cooperatives and municipal energy agencies.

## 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/sb323_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective March 08, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb323_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb323_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb323_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **117–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Petersen `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Olson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2018-02-15** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** Hearing: Monday, February 19, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2018-02-19** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor on Monday, March 5, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd11b8d4-555e-4083-9a69-bddf18298096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).