---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Appropriations - Exempting rural emergency hospitals from the hospital provider assessment and establishing residency and other requirements for membership on a hospital board."
description: "House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Appropriations - Exempting rural emergency hospitals from the hospital provider assessment and establishing residency and other requirements for membership on a hospital board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Kansas SB 42 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb3a35c8-0641-4899-9991-956c6e694554"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb42/"
source_hash: "631c5498074caaaadd8dd1089a8e38c96af243baed108f446ae39da35ef02ee5"
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 42 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Appropriations - Exempting rural emergency hospitals from the hospital provider assessment and establishing residency and other requirements for membership on a hospital board.

## 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/sb42_00_0000.pdf)
2. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb42_01_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb42_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb42_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **82–41** (pass) · lower
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller, V. was adopted — **83–40** (pass) · lower
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Owens was adopted — **75–46** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **103–21** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State — primary (organization)
- Committee on Appropriations — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 112-N
- **2023-03-24** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Blew `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Blew was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Waymaster `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Waymaster was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Helgerson `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Helgerson was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Owens `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Owens was adopted Yea: 75 Nay: 46 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller, V. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Representative Waymaster challenged the amendment under the Pay-Go provision of House Rule 2110. The amendment was ruled to be in order.
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller, V. was adopted Yea: 83 Nay: 40 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Probst `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Probst was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 103 Nay: 21 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Waymaster, Representative Hoffman and Representative Helgerson appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 82 Nay: 41 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **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/bb3a35c8-0641-4899-9991-956c6e694554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).