---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 116 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Removing state agency fees for licenses to carry concealed handguns."
description: "House Substitute for SB 116 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Removing state agency fees for licenses to carry concealed handguns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Kansas SB 116 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/253bae43-b31e-448b-8142-d0024f4e23a9"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb116/"
source_hash: "973859595eca4f28435aa57eff6034e9ed6853cf0ce1f1faa84067783a5ea320"
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 116 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 116 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Removing state agency fees for licenses to carry concealed handguns.

## 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/sb116_00_0000.pdf)
2. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb116_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb116_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **86–37** (pass) · lower
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holscher was rejected — **12–25** (fail) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **102–21** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected — **8–27** (fail) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **27–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holscher `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holscher was rejected Yea: 12 Nay: 25 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected Yea: 8 Nay: 27 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holscher `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holscher was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holscher `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Senator Blasi raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 30 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Hearing: Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-20** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 102 Nay: 21 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Carpenter, W., Representative Kessler and Representative Hoye appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-04** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Carpenter, W., Representative Kessler and Representative Hoye appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Kloos and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as second conferees
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 86 Nay: 37 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 27 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/253bae43-b31e-448b-8142-d0024f4e23a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).