republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/sb-284.md

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Bill	Creating the adoption protection act and updating the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act.	Creating the adoption protection act and updating the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	SB 284	Kansas SB 284 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted		4	36	4	2018-01-16	2018-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/fa4c0121-4162-414c-ad5d-317c73792d6c	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb284	fcb458617bb99524f989478fa6fa19ceea5a55fb643b1f3c3af9c6d84038c9c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 284 (2017-2018) — Creating the adoption protection act and updating the Kansas adoption and relinquishment 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. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 34–5 (pass) · legislature
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 24–15 (pass) · legislature
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 63–58 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 102–22 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-17 Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
• 2018-01-17 Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-02-06 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2018-02-06 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-02-06 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 passage
• 2018-02-07 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
• 2018-03-13 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hodge amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hodge was rejected amendment-failure
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-26 Representative Kelly raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-03-27 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 102 Nay: 22 passage
• 2018-03-28 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2018-03-28 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kelly, Representative Powell and Representative Finney appointed as conferees
• 2018-04-30 Senator Estes, Senator Olson, and Senator Faust-Goudeau are appointed to replace Senator Longbine, Senator Billinger, and Senator Rogers on the Conference Committee
• 2018-04-30 Representative Jennings, Representative Whitmer, and Representative Highberger are appointed to replace Representative Kelly, Representative Powell, and Representative Finney on the Conference Committee
• 2018-05-02 Senator Wilborn, Senator Lynn, and Senator Haley are appointed to replace Senator Estes, Senator Olson, and Senator Faust-Goudeau on the Conference Committee
• 2018-05-03 Representative Highland, Representative Humphries, and Representative Ruiz are appointed to replace Representative Jennings, Representative Whitmer, and Representative Highberger on the Conference Committee
• 2018-05-03 Conference committee report now available
• 2018-05-03 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2018-05-03 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Highland, Representative Humphries and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
• 2018-05-03 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2018-05-03 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Wilborn, Senator Lynn and Senator Haley appointed as second conferees
• 2018-05-03 Conference committee report now available
• 2018-05-03 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 63 Nay: 58 passage
• 2018-05-03 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 24 Nay: 15 passage
• 2018-05-04 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-05-04 Approved by Governor on Friday, May 18, 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa4c0121-4162-414c-ad5d-317c73792d6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).