---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reconciling amendments to certain statutes."
description: "Reconciling amendments to certain statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Kansas SB 461 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-26"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c4065b-c36b-4814-8e4c-4e4679ff10a6"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb461"
source_hash: "b11d79820c8ce131120da51ae2bea15de878cdf4bfabb99a36e2d85f7400de7c"
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 461 (2017-2018) — Reconciling amendments to certain statutes.

## 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/sb461_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb461_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-04-27** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2018-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-04-30** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2018-05-02** Motion by Rep. Hineman to advance bill to Emergency Final Action Subject to Amendment and Debate adopted.
- **2018-05-02** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-02** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, May 07, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Monday, May 14, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88c4065b-c36b-4814-8e4c-4e4679ff10a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).