---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing hiring, promotion and retention preferences for persons with disabilities for certain state executive branch positions and extending the expiration provision for the state use law committee."
description: "Providing hiring, promotion and retention preferences for persons with disabilities for certain state executive branch positions and extending the expiration provision for the state use law committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 333"
citation: "Kansas SB 333 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdfecca2-dbc1-468a-a018-930b4c54b74c"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb333/"
source_hash: "1f5edbc4c949dfafe4330c7e2abd025293d5b4032bc8c0278b36bdd79b2be8ee"
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 333 (2023-2024) — Providing hiring, promotion and retention preferences for persons with disabilities for certain state executive branch positions and extending the expiration provision for the state use law committee.

## 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/sb333_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb333_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb333_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb333_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2024-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Borjon and Representative Probst appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 36 Nay: 1
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 15, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdfecca2-dbc1-468a-a018-930b4c54b74c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).