---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency and prescribing certain powers, duties and functions thereof."
description: "Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency and prescribing certain powers, duties and functions thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "Kansas SB 115 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47131e6-4791-4e6b-886f-5d117a50f393"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb115/"
source_hash: "97f22a49813300150efb18258704b0cbda6fd5943ebb5eaa7788290ff021b705"
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 115 (2023-2024) — Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency and prescribing certain powers, duties and functions thereof.

## 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/sb115_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb115_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb115_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Concannon, Representative Johnson and Representative Ousley appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 22, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c47131e6-4791-4e6b-886f-5d117a50f393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).