---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring transparency in state government contract decisions and other actions."
description: "Ensuring transparency in state government contract decisions and other actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Kansas SB 394 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Hensley", "Senator Wagle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d0754b1-84f9-499a-95f0-b5e87da86b98"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb394"
source_hash: "8a9bc672db8a0ba0541332aaf4eccc3cdb9c346d85dcf9368406c6579cf0924c"
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 394 (2017-2018) — Ensuring transparency in state government contract decisions and other actions.

## 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/sb394_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb394_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb394_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb394_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Powell was rejected — **41–77** (fail) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was adopted — **64–59** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected — **58–65** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senator Hensley — primary (person)
- Senator Wagle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pyle `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pyle was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator McGinn `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator McGinn was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Monday, March 12, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2018-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Representative Williams raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was adopted Yea: 64 Nay: 59 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Powell `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Representative Miller raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Powell was rejected Yea: 41 Nay: 77 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whipple `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Representative Esau raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-03-29** Motion to reconsider amendment by Representative Miller adopted.
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected Yea: 58 Nay: 65 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 06, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d0754b1-84f9-499a-95f0-b5e87da86b98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).