---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the department of revenue; requiring people with access to federal tax information to be fingerprinted and allowing conversion of certain driver’s license examiners positions from classified to unclassified."
description: "Concerning the department of revenue; requiring people with access to federal tax information to be fingerprinted and allowing conversion of certain driver’s license examiners positions from classified to unclassified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "Kansas SB 96 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a3eb5d0-2347-4923-85a2-ff149a3e5a37"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb96"
source_hash: "4d8ed4e81dc9d7e4d42efc0ea1fdba9794d9d2d2b11337ed98fe33e628bc6f0d"
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 96 (2017-2018) — Concerning the department of revenue; requiring people with access to federal tax information to be fingerprinted and allowing conversion of certain driver’s license examiners positions from classified to unclassified.

## 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/sb96_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb96_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb96_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb96_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–5** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **67–48** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Assessment and Taxation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing: Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Assessment and Taxation `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 - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Committee on Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: Thursday, March 23, 2017, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Helgerson `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Helgerson was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whitmer `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Whitmer was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-04-05** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Johnson, Representative Phillips and Representative Sawyer appointed as conferees
- **2017-06-09** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-06-09** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-06-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 67 Nay: 48 `passage`
- **2017-06-09** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-06-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2017-06-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, June 15, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** Approved by Governor on Thursday, June 22, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a3eb5d0-2347-4923-85a2-ff149a3e5a37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).