---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Education - Authorizing payments from the state safety fund to community colleges for the provision of driver's education, authorizing the provision of tools, supplies and examinations to AO-K career pathway program participants and including high school equivalency credentials in performance-based payments for postsecondary educational institutions."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Education - Authorizing payments from the state safety fund to community colleges for the provision of driver's education, authorizing the provision of tools, supplies and examinations to AO-K career pathway program participants and including high school equivalency credentials in performance-based payments for postsecondary educational institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2060"
citation: "Kansas HB 2060 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56cd6f5e-436e-4ea3-a780-286091c59e89"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2060/"
source_hash: "48bcff94fa9de3e38a3541c5afa839d398f6ed67fbee8d34b77e47552841a70a"
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 HB 2060 (2023-2024) — Senate Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Education - Authorizing payments from the state safety fund to community colleges for the provision of driver's education, authorizing the provision of tools, supplies and examinations to AO-K career pathway program participants and including high school equivalency credentials in performance-based payments for postsecondary educational institutions.

## 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/hb2060_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective May 25, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2060_enrolled.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2060_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **83–39** (pass) · lower
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Winn was rejected — **37–81** (fail) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **83–37** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **35–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on K-12 Education Budget — primary (organization)
- Committee on Education — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on K-12 Education Budget `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2023-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on K-12 Education Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Winn `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Winn was rejected Yea: 37 Nay: 81 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 83 Nay: 37 `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2023-03-27** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Baumgardner, Senator Erickson and Senator Sykes appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 32 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2023-04-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 83 Nay: 39 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 5, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 12, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56cd6f5e-436e-4ea3-a780-286091c59e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).