---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 318 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Creating an inference of an intent to distribute a controlled substance based on the quantity of the substance possessed instead of a rebuttable presumption."
description: "House Substitute for SB 318 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Creating an inference of an intent to distribute a controlled substance based on the quantity of the substance possessed instead of a rebuttable presumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "Kansas SB 318 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2024-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b62ad7e8-26d1-40a1-8fea-81a92de39078"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb318/"
source_hash: "d497bfe75ba8bd44d8aac56466dbd894dff158b079ba14afb5372f2c1817fa91"
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 318 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 318 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Creating an inference of an intent to distribute a controlled substance based on the quantity of the substance possessed instead of a rebuttable presumption.

## 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/sb318_00_0000.pdf)
2. **H Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb318_02_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb318_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb318_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
- Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Olson `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Olson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Warren `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Warren was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Hearing: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-25** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Owens, Representative Smith, E. and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-30** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 9, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b62ad7e8-26d1-40a1-8fea-81a92de39078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).