republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2019-2020/sb-28.md

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Bill	Creating an affirmative defense to the crime of possession of a controlled substance for possession of certain medical treatments; amending podiatrist qualifications.	Creating an affirmative defense to the crime of possession of a controlled substance for possession of certain medical treatments; amending podiatrist qualifications.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2019-2020	SB 28	Kansas SB 28 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted		3	33	1	2019-01-22	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2a30550c-768c-4652-8a34-412830478f7e	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb28	0ec40122de13c1d8dd8fe6ae377ecbe0269c14b99be07270f7f5627132573732	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 28 (2019-2020) — Creating an affirmative defense to the crime of possession of a controlled substance for possession of certain medical treatments; amending podiatrist qualifications.

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 1, 2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 27–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Introduced introduction
• 2019-01-23 Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Hearing: Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
• 2019-02-05 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2019-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2019-02-20 Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2019-02-21 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2019-02-22 Referred to Committee on Insurance referral-committee
• 2019-03-07 Hearing: Monday, March 11, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 212-N
• 2019-03-14 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2019-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2019-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2019-03-26 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 1 passage
• 2019-03-27 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2019-04-01 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Vickrey, Representative Cox and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees
• 2019-05-01 Senator Suellentrop, Senator Berger, and Senator Bollier are appointed to replace Senator Olson, Senator Billinger, and Senator Ware on the Conference Committee
• 2019-05-01 Representative Patton, Representative Ralph, and Representative Carmichael are appointed to replace Representative Vickrey, Representative Cox, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee
• 2019-05-02 Conference committee report now available
• 2019-05-02 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2019-05-02 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Patton, Representative Ralph and Representative Carmichael appointed as second conferees
• 2019-05-02 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2019-05-02 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Suellentrop, Senator Berger and Senator Bollier appointed as second conferees
• 2019-05-04 Conference committee report now available
• 2019-05-04 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2019-05-04 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 87 Nay: 36 passage
• 2019-05-04 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2019-05-04 Motion to adopt Conference Committee Report
• 2019-05-04 Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a new conference failed.
• 2019-05-04 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 27 Nay: 8 passage
• 2019-05-14 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 10, 2019 executive-receipt
• 2019-05-29 Approved by Governor on Monday, May 20, 2019 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a30550c-768c-4652-8a34-412830478f7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).