---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Utilities - Restricting cities and counties from imposing certain regulations and fees on a video service provider for the provision of communications service through a micro wireless facility."
description: "Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Utilities - Restricting cities and counties from imposing certain regulations and fees on a video service provider for the provision of communications service through a micro wireless facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2018"
citation: "Kansas HB 2018 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2020-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d44208ae-9b42-47ce-afa8-6588d000db3b"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2018"
source_hash: "d144451ef8ac261b788688a08ea7ad018e6ae5d5fd1dd071538dd3ea97109aab"
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 HB 2018 (2019-2020) — Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Utilities - Restricting cities and counties from imposing certain regulations and fees on a video service provider for the provision of communications service through a micro wireless facility.

## 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/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2018_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2018_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2018_enrolled.pdf)
4. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2018_01_0000.pdf)
5. **Version 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2018_04_0000.pdf)
6. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2018_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **104–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Committee on Utilities — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, January 10, 2019 `filing`
- **2019-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Hearing: Monday, January 28, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2019-02-25** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jennings `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jennings was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed on Monday, March 25, 2019
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 4 `passage, substitution`
- **2019-03-26** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-21** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2020-05-21** Committee Report adopted
- **2020-05-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-21** Call the Question - failed Yea: 16 Nay: 24
- **2020-05-21** Senator Masterson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2020-05-21** Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained Yea: 26 Nay: 14
- **2020-05-21** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 33 Nay: 5 `passage, substitution`
- **2020-05-21** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2020-05-21** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 104 Nay: 9
- **2020-05-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-21** Approved by Governor on Monday, June 1, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d44208ae-9b42-47ce-afa8-6588d000db3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).