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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing electronic delivery as the standard method of delivery for explanation of benefits and member policies of health benefit plans."
description: "Establishing electronic delivery as the standard method of delivery for explanation of benefits and member policies of health benefit plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "Kansas SB 348 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac51004-e9b9-4df7-bbd7-9db1c8668af4"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb348"
source_hash: "9d396f223f318dd244e4a2ce81509f582e7360e4fb7a77476536f7c74e972f4b"
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 (2017-2018) — Establishing electronic delivery as the standard method of delivery for explanation of benefits and member policies of health benefit plans.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb348_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb348_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb348_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 17, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb348_enrolled.pdf)
## Votes
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **1200** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **354** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **1240** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Hearing: Thursday, February 08, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 281-N - CANCELLED
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `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 - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Vickrey, Representative Dove and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 04, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ac51004-e9b9-4df7-bbd7-9db1c8668af4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).