---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the Kansas travel insurance act."
description: "Enacting the Kansas travel insurance act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Kansas SB 85 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eac8d28-5189-4ef0-9ead-b8c57fb2e04e"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb85/"
source_hash: "c078f7b6863835e2de71dff52bfe505ce196a310932809e92f3525722964638d"
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 85 (2023-2024) — Enacting the Kansas travel insurance act.

## 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/sb85_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb85_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb85_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **103–20** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **118–5** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **36–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `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: 103 Nay: 20 `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Sutton, Representative Penn and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eac8d28-5189-4ef0-9ead-b8c57fb2e04e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).