---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lowering requirements for a cosmetology senior status license."
description: "Lowering requirements for a cosmetology senior status license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Kansas SB 398 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874797cd-2308-493b-9e04-f444c9e8bced"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb398"
source_hash: "e2594a6da61ce0d1ec400168e1a5f4b7bb61e02dea4286660335697200b7a40d"
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 398 (2017-2018) — Lowering requirements for a cosmetology senior status license.

## 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/sb398_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb398_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **121–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 15, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `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: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 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/874797cd-2308-493b-9e04-f444c9e8bced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).