---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 70 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act."
description: "House Substitute for SB 70 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Kansas SB 70 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Baumgardner", "Senator Francisco"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9692922-5494-445d-a867-529ac0128a6d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb70"
source_hash: "ebe7f5365ee56f4e4888d51fb2e56b2af8e8d9040316904b8f41ca651520bf51"
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 70 (2017-2018) — House Substitute for SB 70 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act.

## 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/sb70_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb70_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb70_enrolled.pdf)
4. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb70_02_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb70_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hensley was rejected — **9–28** (fail) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **124–1** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **35–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senator Baumgardner — primary (person)
- Senator Francisco — primary (person)
- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Hearing: Thursday, February 02, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2017-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hensley `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hensley was rejected Yea: 9 Nay: 28 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: Monday, March 27, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-03-24** Hearing: Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 08:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-03-29** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whitmer `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Whitmer was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2017-04-03** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 1 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-04-05** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-04-05** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Highland and Representative Ruiz appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-07** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 35 Nay: 2
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 24, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9692922-5494-445d-a867-529ac0128a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).