---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending public health provisions relating to behavioral sciences regulatory board professional licensure, naturopathic doctor scope of practice and adult care home licensure and receivership."
description: "Amending public health provisions relating to behavioral sciences regulatory board professional licensure, naturopathic doctor scope of practice and adult care home licensure and receivership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Kansas SB 15 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0f544c4-e743-4975-8550-178e67a591f5"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb15"
source_hash: "76fd2e28bc54d5383b34f01cbee4e0cc864e88c261f63b38c3ee145959ff837d"
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 15 (2019-2020) — Amending public health provisions relating to behavioral sciences regulatory board professional licensure, naturopathic doctor scope of practice and adult care home licensure and receivership.

## 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/sb15_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb15_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb15_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 9, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb15_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Hearing: Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 546-S - CANCELED
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing: Monday, March 11, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `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 Benson `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Representative Cox raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kelly, Representative Orr and Representative Finney appointed as conferees
- **2019-04-03** Senator Suellentrop, Senator Berger, and Senator Bollier are appointed to replace Senator Olson, Senator Billinger, and Senator Ware on the Conference Committee
- **2019-04-03** Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee, and Representative Murnan are appointed to replace Representative Kelly, Representative Orr, and Representative Finney on the Conference Committee
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 12, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 22, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0f544c4-e743-4975-8550-178e67a591f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).