republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/sb-394.md

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Bill	Ensuring transparency in state government contract decisions and other actions.	Ensuring transparency in state government contract decisions and other actions.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	SB 394	Kansas SB 394 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Senator Hensley Senator Wagle	4	33	6	2018-02-07	2018-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3d0754b1-84f9-499a-95f0-b5e87da86b98	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb394	8a9bc672db8a0ba0541332aaf4eccc3cdb9c346d85dcf9368406c6579cf0924c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 394 (2017-2018) — Ensuring transparency in state government contract decisions and other actions.

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 July 01, 2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 120–0 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Concurred with amendments; — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Powell was rejected — 41–77 (fail) · legislature
• Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was adopted — 64–59 (pass) · legislature
• Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected — 58–65 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• Senator Hensley — primary (person)
• Senator Wagle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-07 Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-08 Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 142-S
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pyle amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pyle was rejected amendment-failure
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator McGinn amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator McGinn was adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-02-21 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-02-21 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to Committee on Elections referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Hearing: Monday, March 12, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
• 2018-03-22 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-29 Representative Williams raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was adopted Yea: 64 Nay: 59 amendment-passage
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Powell amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-29 Representative Miller raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Powell was rejected Yea: 41 Nay: 77 amendment-failure
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whipple amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-29 Representative Esau raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
• 2018-03-29 Motion to reconsider amendment by Representative Miller adopted.
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected Yea: 58 Nay: 65 amendment-failure
• 2018-03-29 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-04-02 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-04-04 Concurred with amendments; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
• 2018-04-06 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 06, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-04-26 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d0754b1-84f9-499a-95f0-b5e87da86b98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).