---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating producer licensing statutes pertaining to appointment, examinations, fees, licensing, renewal dates, continuing education, suspension, revocation and denial of licensure and reinstatement."
description: "Updating producer licensing statutes pertaining to appointment, examinations, fees, licensing, renewal dates, continuing education, suspension, revocation and denial of licensure and reinstatement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Kansas SB 37 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f6ff83e-95c6-46f2-bb93-360cd931ce8c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb37"
source_hash: "e335b8297e026d91e3457c12e676fc8db73dcd317782e58a71ea9c99947b78e5"
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 37 (2021-2022) — Updating producer licensing statutes pertaining to appointment, examinations, fees, licensing, renewal dates, continuing education, suspension, revocation and denial of licensure and reinstatement.

## 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/sb37_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb37_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb37_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb37_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Peck was rejected — **16–19** (fail) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **109–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-01-29** Withdrawn from Committee on Insurance; Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2021-03-04** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-05** Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Peck `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Peck was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Peck `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Peck was rejected Yea: 16 Nay: 19 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Peck `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Peck was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Gossage `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Gossage was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** Hearing: Monday, March 22, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Committee on Insurance and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 109 Nay: 13 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 5, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f6ff83e-95c6-46f2-bb93-360cd931ce8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).