---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing requirements and procedures for settlement agreements involving a minor."
description: "Providing requirements and procedures for settlement agreements involving a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "Kansas SB 243 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d942121-ecc8-49dc-b6b9-38b195babdf8"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb243/"
source_hash: "4fafdf86f1f7e85420ff22c2dd4bbabdbb8d27606598224d8e4537bb8e253021"
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 243 (2023-2024) — Providing requirements and procedures for settlement agreements involving a minor.

## 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/sb243_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb243_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb243_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb243_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Hearing: Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Hearing: Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Patton, Representative Schreiber and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d942121-ecc8-49dc-b6b9-38b195babdf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).