---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 420 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Allowing juvenile offenders in the custody of the secretary of corrections to leave the juvenile correctional facility for certain programming and educational opportunities when approved by the secretary."
description: "House Substitute for SB 420 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Allowing juvenile offenders in the custody of the secretary of corrections to leave the juvenile correctional facility for certain programming and educational opportunities when approved by the secretary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "Kansas SB 420 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5214569-a632-4d65-b658-c4a0d8c315ff"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb420/"
source_hash: "7cf2a0d4bcab9a1eec0319d0fd045084eea3585105ee7ddf116f37873d51996c"
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 420 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 420 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Allowing juvenile offenders in the custody of the secretary of corrections to leave the juvenile correctional facility for certain programming and educational opportunities when approved by the secretary.

## 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/sb420_00_0000.pdf)
2. **H Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb420_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb420_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing: Thursday, February 15, 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 Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Thursday, March 7, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-25** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by `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
- **2024-04-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 113 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-29** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 10, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5214569-a632-4d65-b658-c4a0d8c315ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).