---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Making updates to the revised juvenile justice code."
description: "House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Making updates to the revised juvenile justice code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Kansas SB 42 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa6c7354-402e-4ec3-ac94-7b2e3df4b210"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb42"
source_hash: "86d147ebd0d25e6b4b8bde88e5150a860d2994fa52a975555c30b2a7953e57ee"
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 42 (2017-2018) — House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Making updates to the revised juvenile justice code.

## 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/sb42_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb42_enrolled.pdf)
3. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb42_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **120–4** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **118–3** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **125–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
- Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing: Wednesday, February 01, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Thursday, February 02, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-22** Senator Fitzgerald raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-16** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-16** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-17** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Jennings, Representative Whitmer and Representative Highberger appointed as conferees
- **2017-05-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-08** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Senator Wilborn, Senator Lynn and Senator Haley appointed as second conferees
- **2017-05-08** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Jennings, Representative Whitmer and Representative Highberger appointed as second conferees
- **2017-05-12** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-12** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-06-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, June 02, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, June 9, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa6c7354-402e-4ec3-ac94-7b2e3df4b210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).