---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising the definition of \"children with disabilities\" for purposes of providing special education to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability."
description: "Revising the definition of \"children with disabilities\" for purposes of providing special education to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2322"
citation: "Kansas HB 2322 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aef236a-31bc-44be-ae20-5d7a689467ed"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2322/"
source_hash: "fc4cc91d5d26a0d19d00e5d35423879e324bb49f39333804918532563204bc13"
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 2322 (2023-2024) — Revising the definition of "children with disabilities" for purposes of providing special education to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability.

## 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/hb2322_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2322_enrolled.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2322_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **120–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **120–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2023-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Baumgardner `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Baumgardner was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Baumgardner, Senator Erickson and Senator Sykes appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 120 Nay: 2
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aef236a-31bc-44be-ae20-5d7a689467ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).