republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/hb-2523.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending qualifications for the office of sheriff and changing the definition of \"misdemeanor crime of domestic violence\" in the Kansas law enforcement training act and adding relations between law enforcement officers and certain persons interacting with law enforcement in the crime of unlawful sexual relations."
description: "Amending qualifications for the office of sheriff and changing the definition of \"misdemeanor crime of domestic violence\" in the Kansas law enforcement training act and adding relations between law enforcement officers and certain persons interacting with law enforcement in the crime of unlawful sexual relations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2523"
citation: "Kansas HB 2523 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/457b3ee6-d0f9-4e94-8d84-8b765dd0c9e8"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2523"
source_hash: "1e9280d24af6657aa30559bc0b468455898256ab49dce43ba3db797235417113"
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 2523 (2017-2018) — Amending qualifications for the office of sheriff and changing the definition of "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" in the Kansas law enforcement training act and adding relations between law enforcement officers and certain persons interacting with law enforcement in the crime of unlawful sexual relations.

## 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/hb2523_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2523_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2523_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2523_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2523_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **103–14** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: Wednesday, February 07, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `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`
- **2018-02-21** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 103 Nay: 14 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Wilborn, Senator Lynn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-01** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-02** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Reengrossed on Wednesday, May 2, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 10, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/457b3ee6-d0f9-4e94-8d84-8b765dd0c9e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).