republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/sb-43.md

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Bill	Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress; clarifications.	Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress; clarifications.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	SB 43	Kansas SB 43 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted		2	19	2	2017-01-19	2017-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/30935b20-9651-41ee-b736-f816a5253d7d	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb43	ba1445e07e39f3b04224377f5bc05ac4f9abf16975eb72ca9494119b1be0f4de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 43 (2017-2018) — Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress; clarifications.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled - Law effective March 23, 2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Action - Passed; — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed; — 120–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-19 Introduced introduction
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 159-S
• 2017-01-25 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-01 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2017-02-01 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2017-02-02 Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 passage
• 2017-02-03 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee on Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Hearing: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N - CANCELLED
• 2017-02-22 Hearing: Monday, March 06, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
• 2017-03-07 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-08 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2017-03-08 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Curtis amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-08 Representative Esau raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
• 2017-03-08 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2017-03-09 Final Action - Passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 passage
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 13, 2017 executive-receipt
• 2017-03-21 Approved by Governor on Monday, March 20, 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30935b20-9651-41ee-b736-f816a5253d7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).