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type: "Bill"
title: "Creating an additional crime of involuntary manslaughter for certain violations of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs."
description: "Creating an additional crime of involuntary manslaughter for certain violations of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2439"
citation: "Kansas HB 2439 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Brim", "Representative Delperdang", "Representative Jennings", "Representative Mastroni", "Representative Ryckman", "Representative Schwab", "Representative Smith, E.", "Representative Tarwater", "Representative Wheeler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db3e0661-4507-49d0-a55e-d0958f54c457"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2439"
source_hash: "eae15e562f1fa81842ffdac08c54cc16286e402ff9b5794961123da8b77ec618"
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 HB 2439 (2017-2018) — Creating an additional crime of involuntary manslaughter for certain violations of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
## 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/hb2439_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2439_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2439_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2439_02_0000.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Representative Brim — primary (person)
- Representative Delperdang — primary (person)
- Representative Jennings — primary (person)
- Representative Mastroni — primary (person)
- Representative Ryckman — primary (person)
- Representative Schwab — primary (person)
- Representative Smith, E. — primary (person)
- Representative Tarwater — primary (person)
- Representative Wheeler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 21, 2017 `filing`
- **2018-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing: Thursday, January 18, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2018-01-10** Hearing: Thursday, January 18, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hodge `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-26** Representative Jennings raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jennings `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jennings was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** Engrossed on Friday, January 26, 2018
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: Tuesday, February 06, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 9, 2018 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db3e0661-4507-49d0-a55e-d0958f54c457`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).