republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/sb-149.md

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Bill	Enacting rules for briefs in a criminal matter or postconviction case in the supreme court or court of appeals; authorizing the attorney general to establish a system of legal representation charges and collect such charges from state agencies; office of the inspector general; enforcement of the scrap metal theft reduction act.	Enacting rules for briefs in a criminal matter or postconviction case in the supreme court or court of appeals; authorizing the attorney general to establish a system of legal representation charges and collect such charges from state agencies; office of the inspector general; enforcement of the scrap metal theft reduction act.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	SB 149	Kansas SB 149 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted		3	22	4	2017-02-03	2017-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/cf287793-2223-457c-9aaf-0e920ce5c6dd	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb149	a52a40d8fb27ecc8efc6204ffbeb44f94f22e0299d27d6e28161c81c69a90978	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 149 (2017-2018) — Enacting rules for briefs in a criminal matter or postconviction case in the supreme court or court of appeals; authorizing the attorney general to establish a system of legal representation charges and collect such charges from state agencies; office of the inspector general; enforcement of the scrap metal theft reduction act.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled - Law effective June 01, 2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 122–2 (pass) · legislature
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 123–0 (pass) · legislature
• Consent Calendar Passed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-03 Introduced introduction
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Hearing: Monday, February 13, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
• 2017-02-13 Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-23 Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
• 2017-02-23 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2017-03-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2017, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
• 2017-03-24 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2017-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2017-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2017-03-30 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 2 passage
• 2017-04-03 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2017-04-03 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Patton and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
• 2017-05-03 Conference committee report now available
• 2017-05-03 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2017-05-03 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 passage
• 2017-05-11 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2017-05-11 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2017-05-19 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 19, 2017 executive-receipt
• 2017-05-25 Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf287793-2223-457c-9aaf-0e920ce5c6dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).