---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2028 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Establishing the Kansas telemedicine act."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2028 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Establishing the Kansas telemedicine act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2028"
citation: "Kansas HB 2028 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da27b529-5abd-4a7d-9c8c-df64c336eb47"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2028"
source_hash: "61da2302b31b6fa03b1d78adad3cd3136c107cc0300bf624143c57198d69fc77"
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 2028 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2028 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Establishing the Kansas telemedicine 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.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2028_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2028_enrolled.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2028_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2028_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **32–6** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report not adopted; Representative Hawkins, Representative Hawkins, Representative Concannon and Representative Murnan appointed as second conferees — **75–45** (pass) · legislature
- Motion to return bill to conference failed. — **20–20** (fail) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **24–14** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **107–13** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **118–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)
- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-01-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-01-30** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-01-30** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Hearing: Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2018-03-26** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator V. Schmidt `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator V. Schmidt was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator V. Schmidt, Senator Bollier and Senator Kelly appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-07** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Motion to return bill to conference failed. Yea: 20 Nay: 20
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 24 Nay: 14 `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Representative Hawkins, Representative Hawkins, Representative Concannon and Representative Murnan appointed as second conferees Yea: 75 Nay: 45
- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-26** Motion to accede adopted; Senator V. Schmidt, Senator Estes and Senator Kelly appointed as second conferees
- **2018-04-26** Representative Horn is appointed to replace Representative Murnan on the Conference Committee
- **2018-04-26** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator V. Schmidt, Senator Estes and Senator Kelly appointed as third conferees
- **2018-04-27** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Hawkins, Representative Concannon and Representative Murnan appointed as third conferees
- **2018-04-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 32 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 107 Nay: 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Engrossed on Tuesday, May 1, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 04, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Saturday, May 12, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da27b529-5abd-4a7d-9c8c-df64c336eb47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).