---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting satellite service and video programming services accessed over the internet from the video competition act."
description: "Exempting satellite service and video programming services accessed over the internet from the video competition act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Kansas SB 144 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34f4d54b-245c-4096-a488-fb1ec2e6708d"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb144/"
source_hash: "c7cd4c31d4f5298e8f78cdea2bede1898d18c642aa14f971ac797775c99dae6f"
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 144 (2023-2024) — Exempting satellite service and video programming services accessed over the internet from the video competition act.

## 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/sb144_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb144_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **124–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2023-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 32 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 13, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34f4d54b-245c-4096-a488-fb1ec2e6708d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).