---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 28 by Committee on Insurance and Pensions - Enacting the pharmacy benefits manager licensure act and requiring licensure rather than registration of such entities."
description: "House Substitute for SB 28 by Committee on Insurance and Pensions - Enacting the pharmacy benefits manager licensure act and requiring licensure rather than registration of such entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Kansas SB 28 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2d3d9bc-3e4b-4601-9ebd-a915a532a83c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb28"
source_hash: "013a442a813872cfbd9df1d80f72f89ddbb084be2e7585165189cd70f054c9df"
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 28 (2021-2022) — House Substitute for SB 28 by Committee on Insurance and Pensions - Enacting the pharmacy benefits manager licensure act and requiring licensure rather than registration of such entities.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb28_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb28_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb28_enrolled.pdf)
4. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb28_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **120–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)
- Committee on Insurance and Pensions — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-01** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee on Insurance and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Monday, March 15, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2022-03-15** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Insurance and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-21** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-30** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 1, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 11, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2d3d9bc-3e4b-4601-9ebd-a915a532a83c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).