---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating certain emergency medical services-related statutes."
description: "Updating certain emergency medical services-related statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Kansas SB 53 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alley", "Baumgardner", "Braun", "Francisco", "Haley", "Holland", "Lynn", "McGinn", "Ware"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63f7ba66-7332-405e-93b0-5fc52c5d2e52"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb53"
source_hash: "19ed5a69eb8d0a994e03d7f25358222427ee15f4d626872ece3c3ce6dc1c6947"
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 53 (2019-2020) — Updating certain emergency medical services-related statutes.

## 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/sb53_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb53_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective June 6, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb53_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alley — primary (person)
- Baumgardner — primary (person)
- Braun — primary (person)
- Francisco — primary (person)
- Haley — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Lynn — primary (person)
- McGinn — primary (person)
- Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing: Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2019-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `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: 88 Nay: 36 `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Awerkamp and Representative Ruiz, L. appointed as conferees
- **2019-04-03** Representative Clayton is appointed to replace Representative Ruiz, L. on the Conference Committee
- **2019-04-05** Representative Ruiz, L. is appointed to replace Representative Clayton on the Conference Committee
- **2019-05-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-05-04** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2019-05-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-04** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2019-05-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 10, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 16, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63f7ba66-7332-405e-93b0-5fc52c5d2e52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).