---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying animal conversion units for poultry facilities with dry manure systems."
description: "Clarifying animal conversion units for poultry facilities with dry manure systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 405"
citation: "Kansas SB 405 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be4ed6dc-078c-4835-931f-e47988fbefc9"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb405"
source_hash: "3868681bd1bc899848bed02b2803afcb50b031dd447ce8c35fb6dc522d857738"
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 405 (2017-2018) — Clarifying animal conversion units for poultry facilities with dry manure systems.

## 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/sb405_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb405_enrolled.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb405_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **29–10** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Karleskint was rejected — **40–78** (fail) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **84–37** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holland was rejected — **9–25** (fail) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Horn was rejected — **44–75** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing: Monday, February 12, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2018-02-08** Hearing continuation: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holland `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holland was rejected Yea: 9 Nay: 25 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 29 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Karleskint `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Karleskint was rejected Yea: 40 Nay: 78 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Horn `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Horn was rejected Yea: 44 Nay: 75 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 84 Nay: 37 `passage`
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 16, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be4ed6dc-078c-4835-931f-e47988fbefc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).