---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 423 by Select Committee on Education Finance-Amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act and making appropriations to the department of education."
description: "Substitute for SB 423 by Select Committee on Education Finance-Amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act and making appropriations to the department of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "Kansas SB 423 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90b13826-6a44-45fd-aaf7-dd243d9d74e4"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb423"
source_hash: "9b6244167ab09984000f75cf85fd2a728faf71e639e652d7a6c5996314746b63"
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 423 (2017-2018) — Substitute for SB 423 by Select Committee on Education Finance-Amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act and making appropriations to the department of education.

## 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/sb423_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective April 26, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb423_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb423_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House on Final Action}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb423_03_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb423_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Trimmer was rejected — **41–78** (fail) · legislature
- Motion to call the question adopted. — **21–16** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **21–19** (pass) · legislature
- Motion to nonconcur and appoint a conference was rejected. — **17–21** (fail) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **21–18** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - $motioner$ Amendment Part $part$ Adopted. — **76–44** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Pittman was rejected — **43–75** (fail) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **63–56** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
- Select Committee on Education Finance — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Senate Select Committee on Education Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Monday, March 12, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Select Committee on Education Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Baumgardner `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Baumgardner was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2018-04-05** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 21 Nay: 18 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-04-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-04-07** Referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2018-04-07** Motion by Rep. Hineman to advance bill to Emergency Final Action Subject to Amendment and Debate and suspend Joint Rule 4(k) adopted.
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Patton `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Representative Trimmer requested the motion to amend by $motioner$ be divided. The amendment was ruled divisible and divided into $part$
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - $motioner$ Amendment Part $part$ Adopted.
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - $motioner$ Amendment Part $part$ Adopted.
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - $motioner$ Amendment Part $part$ Adopted. Yea: 76 Nay: 44
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Trimmer `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Trimmer was rejected Yea: 41 Nay: 78 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Pittman `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Pittman was rejected Yea: 43 Nay: 75 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-07** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 63 Nay: 56 `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Motion to nonconcur and appoint a conference was rejected. Yea: 17 Nay: 21
- **2018-04-07** Motion to call the question adopted. Yea: 21 Nay: 16
- **2018-04-07** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 21 Nay: 19
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90b13826-6a44-45fd-aaf7-dd243d9d74e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).