---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 69 by Committee on Utilities - Requiring an electric rate study of certain electric utilities."
description: "Substitute for SB 69 by Committee on Utilities - Requiring an electric rate study of certain electric utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "Kansas SB 69 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea59ec9-a4a4-4036-adcc-5de7dfbc5d2c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb69"
source_hash: "b8bcfc6ad416d523cf94134dac900ed4a958cc1da8d188085a952f7186cecb2a"
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 69 (2019-2020) — Substitute for SB 69 by Committee on Utilities - Requiring an electric rate study of certain electric utilities.

## 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/sb69_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb69_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective April 18, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb69_enrolled.pdf)
4. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb69_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)
- Committee on Utilities — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Hearing: (opponents) Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2019-02-15** Hearing: (proponents) Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2019-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed
- **2019-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Senator Skubal raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2019-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2019-03-14** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage, substitution`
- **2019-03-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 281-N
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended 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 - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Finney `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Representative Bergquist 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: 117 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 37 Nay: 1
- **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/bea59ec9-a4a4-4036-adcc-5de7dfbc5d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).