---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 208 by Committee on Elections - Amending provisions relating to the governmental ethics commission's authority to investigate and enforce the campaign finance act and limitations on the receipt and expenditure of contributions."
description: "House Substitute for SB 208 by Committee on Elections - Amending provisions relating to the governmental ethics commission's authority to investigate and enforce the campaign finance act and limitations on the receipt and expenditure of contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "Kansas SB 208 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55f1a135-f098-4cf9-877e-4bc4db29e67d"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb208/"
source_hash: "9de14f04cab8be50c6f4b3e6899e8b4292841c29f43d2ea2435d10932f131b2a"
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 208 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 208 by Committee on Elections - Amending provisions relating to the governmental ethics commission's authority to investigate and enforce the campaign finance act and limitations on the receipt and expenditure of contributions.

## 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/sb208_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb208_01_0000.pdf)
3. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb208_03_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb208_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb208_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was adopted — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Motion to concur offered. Substitute motion to nonconcur and appoint a conference failed. — **10–30** (fail) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **119–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)
- Committee on Elections — cosponsor (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`
- **2023-02-15** Hearing: Monday, February 20, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Tyson `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was adopted Yea: 22 Nay: 16 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 21 Nay: 19 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 3 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Motion to concur offered. Substitute motion to nonconcur and appoint a conference failed. Yea: 10 Nay: 30
- **2023-03-29** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 27 Nay: 12
- **2023-04-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55f1a135-f098-4cf9-877e-4bc4db29e67d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).