---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the Kansas pharmacy patients fair practices act."
description: "Enacting the Kansas pharmacy patients fair practices act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 351"
citation: "Kansas SB 351 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/539588dd-41d2-4748-8dee-cdb5d5e4ca3d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb351"
source_hash: "cdfd103108ab3b1eca24a9e49efb2a2d2908d6b65e74f8637e558b3919d8e781"
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 351 (2017-2018) — Enacting the Kansas pharmacy patients fair practices 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/sb351_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb351_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb351_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb351_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **124–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 546-S - CANCELLED
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Longbine `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Longbine was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hodge `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Representative Hawkins raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hodge was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whipple `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Representative Hawkins raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 26, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 29, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/539588dd-41d2-4748-8dee-cdb5d5e4ca3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).