---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Scheduling of controlled substance analog, controlled substances and new drugs."
description: "House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Scheduling of controlled substance analog, controlled substances and new drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Kansas SB 51 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea4d7818-b363-4ffb-8759-2d4c4d91ff78"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb51"
source_hash: "5110f733d46078b38a15c6faf16e9f4c4d6c33e27fb3ea8da1accf4d77c5bd98"
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 51 (2017-2018) — House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Scheduling of controlled substance analog, controlled substances and new drugs.

## 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/sb51_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective May 04, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb51_enrolled.pdf)
3. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb51_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb51_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **117–6** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Hearing: Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Wilson `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Wilson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-22** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 6 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-22** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-23** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Hawkins, Representative Concannon and Representative Wilson appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 21, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea4d7818-b363-4ffb-8759-2d4c4d91ff78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).