---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating definitions for \"advanced recycling\" and related terms and separating advanced recycling from the current solid waste management system."
description: "Creating definitions for \"advanced recycling\" and related terms and separating advanced recycling from the current solid waste management system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 114"
citation: "Kansas SB 114 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea106594-dc66-40f2-8db9-9c92d2aa5684"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb114/"
source_hash: "413780425242f2844c3c575c00813e0dd5f33765f9fde743f3af1896c7dcd2a7"
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 114 (2023-2024) — Creating definitions for "advanced recycling" and related terms and separating advanced recycling from the current solid waste management system.

## 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/sb114_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb114_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb114_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Bowers was rejected — **15–21** (fail) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **101–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing: Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and re-referred to Committee of the Whole `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Bowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Bowers was rejected Yea: 15 Nay: 21 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-09** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 28 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing: Monday, March 20, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 101 Nay: 22 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 3, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 7, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea106594-dc66-40f2-8db9-9c92d2aa5684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).