---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the judicial branch surcharge to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel; extending recognition of tribal court judgments pursuant to supreme court rules; amending the bonding and cost requirements for animals taken into custody under a violation of cruelty to animals."
description: "Extending the judicial branch surcharge to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel; extending recognition of tribal court judgments pursuant to supreme court rules; amending the bonding and cost requirements for animals taken into custody under a violation of cruelty to animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Kansas SB 20 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ad2fdf3-681d-46dc-8634-7e2b89cbfe7d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb20"
source_hash: "40d45757cd17f19a3eb454ddd21552ff4b0078c27647ebcfcf184908fa3abfb0"
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 20 (2019-2020) — Extending the judicial branch surcharge to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel; extending recognition of tribal court judgments pursuant to supreme court rules; amending the bonding and cost requirements for animals taken into custody under a violation of cruelty to animals.

## 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/sb20_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb20_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb20_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb20_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing: Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Hearing: Thursday, March 7, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `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 - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Patton, Representative Ralph and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2019-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, May 6, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Approved by Governor on Monday, May 13, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ad2fdf3-681d-46dc-8634-7e2b89cbfe7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).