---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the revised Kansas code for care of children to provide requirements for placement of a child in a qualified residential treatment program."
description: "Amending the revised Kansas code for care of children to provide requirements for placement of a child in a qualified residential treatment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2103"
citation: "Kansas HB 2103 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566c1656-78fa-49d7-ad4b-aacd86c36051"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2103"
source_hash: "37556a3f7dcf0a099d949c32dd03d0c3172002ffcc96e0beaa47783d3059fd10"
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 2103 (2019-2020) — Amending the revised Kansas code for care of children to provide requirements for placement of a child in a qualified residential treatment program.

## 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/hb2103_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2103_enrolled.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2103_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **120–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Children and Seniors — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Children and Seniors `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing: Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Children and Seniors `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 118-N - CANCELED
- **2019-03-18** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2019-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Suellentrop `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Suellentrop was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 120 Nay: 2
- **2019-04-05** Engrossed on Thursday, April 4, 2019
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 8, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 18, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/566c1656-78fa-49d7-ad4b-aacd86c36051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).