---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the AO-K to work program that allows certain adults to earn high school equivalency credentials by participating in career pathway oriented postsecondary classes."
description: "Creating the AO-K to work program that allows certain adults to earn high school equivalency credentials by participating in career pathway oriented postsecondary classes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Kansas SB 199 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0fe0a79-cacd-4f96-bbad-2287212dfd21"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb199"
source_hash: "550f004cdf164cdef1c039f3c8368c2919bec953acc79ea3cac6c97aed1feece"
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 199 (2019-2020) — Creating the AO-K to work program that allows certain adults to earn high school equivalency credentials by participating in career pathway oriented postsecondary classes.

## 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/sb199_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb199_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** Hearing: Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing: Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0fe0a79-cacd-4f96-bbad-2287212dfd21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).