---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting the fees and agreements cities can require a wireless services provider to enter for the provision of wireless telecommunications service."
description: "Limiting the fees and agreements cities can require a wireless services provider to enter for the provision of wireless telecommunications service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Kansas SB 68 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9151517b-9948-4102-9ae9-00b89a58b35a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb68"
source_hash: "4502cc4a2657deda05d9f41baf42a506350d89390987399b3e4c4011f45f0d41"
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 68 (2019-2020) — Limiting the fees and agreements cities can require a wireless services provider to enter for the provision of wireless telecommunications service.

## 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/sb68_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb68_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb68_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb68_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **112–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Hearing: (proponents) Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2019-02-01** Hearing: (neutral) Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2019-02-01** Hearing: (opponents) Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Utilities `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 - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Petersen `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Petersen was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further 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** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing: Thursday, March 14, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `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: 112 Nay: 12 `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 11, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9151517b-9948-4102-9ae9-00b89a58b35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).