---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission."
description: "Exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "Kansas SB 348 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporation Commission", "State", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4222c41-4e43-4ab6-92c3-a4f557371664"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB348/"
source_hash: "96e1c9055880b0eacc13500a1c3766bda148315899ac33f779f01889760c0bda"
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 348 (2025-2026) — Exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Utilities** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 6, 2026
- **2026-03-03** Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 5 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-01-27** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4222c41-4e43-4ab6-92c3-a4f557371664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).