---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 563 by Committee on Redistricting - Proposing state senatorial redistricting plan liberty three, state representative redistricting plan free state 3F and state board of education redistricting plan apple seven."
description: "Substitute for SB 563 by Committee on Redistricting - Proposing state senatorial redistricting plan liberty three, state representative redistricting plan free state 3F and state board of education redistricting plan apple seven."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "Kansas SB 563 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-14"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/019db321-a2df-4bbc-8a60-e9389044cdd4"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb563"
source_hash: "312b1101fe5d5f8a450ac3d756f218fd3d0aede272cbf28e645dd7e58c79acf6"
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 563 (2021-2022) — Substitute for SB 563 by Committee on Redistricting - Proposing state senatorial redistricting plan liberty three, state representative redistricting plan free state 3F and state board of education redistricting plan apple seven.

## 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/sb563_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective April 21, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb563_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb563_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb563_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **112–9** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **83–40** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **28–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
- Committee on Redistricting — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-14** Referred to Committee on Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Redistricting `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holland `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holland was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pyle `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pyle was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-17** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 28 Nay: 8 `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-22** Referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Ralph `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Ralph was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 112 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Croft, Representative Ralph and Representative Burroughs appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-03-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 83 Nay: 40 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 3(f) adopted
- **2022-03-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 29 Nay: 11 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 15, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/019db321-a2df-4bbc-8a60-e9389044cdd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).