---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the board of county commissioners of any county that is not the most populous county in a multiple-county judicial district to appoint a coroner to serve as the district coroner for the county at the expense of the county."
description: "Authorizing the board of county commissioners of any county that is not the most populous county in a multiple-county judicial district to appoint a coroner to serve as the district coroner for the county at the expense of the county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Kansas SB 381 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb1ffe1f-64eb-420c-925b-c12e5fb087c4"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb381/"
source_hash: "17d6f9a59894d1b795936d396b7cfd01bd48f7e3a195399ea3a96f81126e34ee"
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 381 (2023-2024) — Authorizing the board of county commissioners of any county that is not the most populous county in a multiple-county judicial district to appoint a coroner to serve as the district coroner for the county at the expense of the county.

## 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/sb381_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb381_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 281-N - CANCELED
- **2024-03-13** Hearing: Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2024-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 4, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb1ffe1f-64eb-420c-925b-c12e5fb087c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).