---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 419 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Providing immunity from prosecution for certain drug crimes when persons seek or provide medical assistance related to the use of a controlled substance."
description: "House Substitute for SB 419 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Providing immunity from prosecution for certain drug crimes when persons seek or provide medical assistance related to the use of a controlled substance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 419"
citation: "Kansas SB 419 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc3a6c2a-7cdf-48a7-a718-400292ecec48"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb419/"
source_hash: "4642d2cbc8f7540ba64d06ecf3ce440cae2685bbb4f3f5e293ac443d677b54ca"
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 419 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 419 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Providing immunity from prosecution for certain drug crimes when persons seek or provide medical assistance related to the use of a controlled substance.

## 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/sb419_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb419_01_0000.pdf)
3. **H Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb419_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb419_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
- Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing: Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Owens, Representative Smith, E. and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 114 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-29** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 9, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc3a6c2a-7cdf-48a7-a718-400292ecec48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).