---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending certain employment security benefit provisions relating to receipt of separation pay."
description: "Amending certain employment security benefit provisions relating to receipt of separation pay."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2329"
citation: "Kansas HB 2329 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f463b2-4562-4b60-a452-e0ef18054584"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2329"
source_hash: "6f2ed66c84ad42e931bc9b33d5dd5ce572f0afa635250143c148109a54da4a78"
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 2329 (2017-2018) — Amending certain employment security benefit provisions relating to receipt of separation pay.

## 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/hb2329_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2329_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing: Friday, February 17, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Thursday, March 16, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 04, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 7, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41f463b2-4562-4b60-a452-e0ef18054584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).