---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 61 by Committee on Appropriations-Amending Substitute for Senate Bill No. 423 to strike provisions requiring school districts to adopt a minimum local option budget; restoring certain provisions relating to local option budgets and adjusting the BASE aid accordingly."
description: "House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 61 by Committee on Appropriations-Amending Substitute for Senate Bill No. 423 to strike provisions requiring school districts to adopt a minimum local option budget; restoring certain provisions relating to local option budgets and adjusting the BASE aid accordingly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Kansas SB 61 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2ffa603-80cb-42a3-b75c-1fbf69fdf091"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb61"
source_hash: "072f8649f5aa8c34b7797acb44738172436da02d73c15e50d9c2659fdf124683"
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 61 (2017-2018) — House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 61 by Committee on Appropriations-Amending Substitute for Senate Bill No. 423 to strike provisions requiring school districts to adopt a minimum local option budget; restoring certain provisions relating to local option budgets and adjusting the BASE aid accordingly.

## 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/sb61_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb61_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb61_enrolled.pdf)
4. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb61_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **31–8** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Rooker was rejected — **54–64** (fail) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **92–27** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Stogsdill was rejected — **42–78** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)
- Committee on Appropriations — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing: Thursday, February 02, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing: Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2017-03-23** Withdrawn from Committee on Agriculture; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 112-N - CANCELLED
- **2018-04-27** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-28** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Stogsdill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Stogsdill was rejected Yea: 42 Nay: 78 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carlin `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carlin was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Pittman `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Pittman was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Ousley `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Ousley was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Representative Patton raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Rooker `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Rooker was rejected Yea: 54 Nay: 64 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2018-04-28** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 92 Nay: 27 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-30** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 31 Nay: 8
- **2018-05-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, May 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Monday, May 7, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2ffa603-80cb-42a3-b75c-1fbf69fdf091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).