---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring a minimum rank for certain members of the Kansas highway patrol."
description: "Ensuring a minimum rank for certain members of the Kansas highway patrol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 369"
citation: "Kansas SB 369 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efd345a3-e60d-4180-8f49-c93a57a14035"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb369"
source_hash: "3adea86b96de98f4aee2c47b147efdbdc293bfb11f796475d583cde866bcb953"
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 369 (2017-2018) — Ensuring a minimum rank for certain members of the Kansas highway patrol.

## 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/sb369_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb369_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **123–0** (pass) · legislature
- Consent Calendar Passed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Monday, February 12, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Hearing: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `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/efd345a3-e60d-4180-8f49-c93a57a14035`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).