---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for Substitute for SB 95 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing telephonic signatures for public assistance applications."
description: "Substitute for Substitute for SB 95 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing telephonic signatures for public assistance applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Kansas SB 95 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb9b0f1-b77d-4978-aaa9-ce1bae994a1e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb95"
source_hash: "5a3d79360840ad31a4f2f31f3738cf763cd4f44267ed66c14e1d722452eaea88"
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 95 (2017-2018) — Substitute for Substitute for SB 95 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing telephonic signatures for public assistance applications.

## 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/sb95_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb95_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb95_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Sub for Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb95_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **121–4** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **33–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Tuesday, February 07, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Rereferred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-16** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 33 Nay: 7 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing: Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 07, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecb9b0f1-b77d-4978-aaa9-ce1bae994a1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).