---
type: "Bill"
title: "KPERS; participating service credit; KP&F surviving spouse benefits; exempting board of regents' plan from certain working after retirement provisions; assumed rate of return."
description: "KPERS; participating service credit; KP&F surviving spouse benefits; exempting board of regents' plan from certain working after retirement provisions; assumed rate of return."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Kansas SB 205 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-20"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e17b604-34f1-4324-a624-1ef1702283e2"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb205"
source_hash: "8b72376d1b686635891968bcd03111e732d3338fe1fad9c9295a3320d777ec2e"
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 205 (2017-2018) — KPERS; participating service credit; KP&F surviving spouse benefits; exempting board of regents' plan from certain working after retirement provisions; assumed rate of return.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb205_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb205_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb205_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb205_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing: Thursday, March 16, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-05-01** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kelly, Representative Powell and Representative Finney appointed as conferees
- **2017-05-02** Representative Trimmer is appointed to replace Representative Finney on the Conference Committee
- **2017-05-03** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 05, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e17b604-34f1-4324-a624-1ef1702283e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).