---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 74 by Committee on Transportation – Providing for a placard, license plate decal and identification card for persons needing assistance with cognition; also providing for a notation on state-issued drivers’ licenses and identification cards."
description: "Substitute for SB 74 by Committee on Transportation – Providing for a placard, license plate decal and identification card for persons needing assistance with cognition; also providing for a notation on state-issued drivers’ licenses and identification cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Kansas SB 74 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Billinger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/576236a3-d20a-4fb1-8382-e6f075b1a018"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb74"
source_hash: "e6254c204ccf5d58ce176060546613c670656dad16eecb2e83d0661fc37d39c8"
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 74 (2017-2018) — Substitute for SB 74 by Committee on Transportation – Providing for a placard, license plate decal and identification card for persons needing assistance with cognition; also providing for a notation on state-issued drivers’ licenses and identification cards.

## 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/sb74_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb74_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb74_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb74_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **28–11** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **125–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senator Billinger — primary (person)
- Committee on Transportation — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Thursday, February 09, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 546-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-02-20** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Billinger `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Billinger was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hawk `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hawk was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2017-02-22** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 28 Nay: 11 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 31, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 7, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/576236a3-d20a-4fb1-8382-e6f075b1a018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).