---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulating assignment of rights or benefits to a residential contractor under a property and casualty insurance policy insuring residential real estate; enacting housing protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or stalking."
description: "Regulating assignment of rights or benefits to a residential contractor under a property and casualty insurance policy insuring residential real estate; enacting housing protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or stalking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Kansas SB 78 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb4123ee-5a69-48d5-b95d-d5e7f2425ae9"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb78"
source_hash: "ca3dde1d231b1b4b47eb641ce293eb4624cbf711bd639aef77cecd5d65959576"
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 78 (2019-2020) — Regulating assignment of rights or benefits to a residential contractor under a property and casualty insurance policy insuring residential real estate; enacting housing protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or stalking.

## 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/sb78_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb78_03_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb78_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb78_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb78_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing: Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `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 Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco 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: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing: Monday, March 11, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2019-03-19** 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: 123 Nay: 1 `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
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-04-05** Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 100 Nay: 23 `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 12, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 22, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb4123ee-5a69-48d5-b95d-d5e7f2425ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).