---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the uniform vital statistics act; regarding certification of individual causes of death; permitting cause of death certifiers to provide certification."
description: "Relating to the uniform vital statistics act; regarding certification of individual causes of death; permitting cause of death certifiers to provide certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2358"
citation: "Kansas HB 2358 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f151410-19f4-41bf-a441-168e4b1d7520"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2358/"
source_hash: "23d73e74c4a833321d0820d0efee41c9ad2f054388a82624134db6f37c2a5de2"
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 HB 2358 (2023-2024) — Relating to the uniform vital statistics act; regarding certification of individual causes of death; permitting cause of death certifiers to provide certification.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2358_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2358_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2358_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2358_03_0000.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 106 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Engrossed on Friday, March 1, 2024
- **2024-03-04** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-03-05** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Hearing: Monday, March 18, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2024-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Steffen `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Steffen was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Kloos and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-02** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 110 Nay: 11
- **2024-04-03** Reengrossed on Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 5, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f151410-19f4-41bf-a441-168e4b1d7520`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).