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type: "Bill"
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title: "Providing compensation for a person who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned and amending the code of civil procedure concerning contact with jurors following a civil jury trial."
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description: "Providing compensation for a person who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned and amending the code of civil procedure concerning contact with jurors following a civil jury trial."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 2579"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2579 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-30"
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last_action: "2018-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2095c5ca-e5bf-43e6-a2de-67091abed37d"
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source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2579"
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source_hash: "b13e88a720555e7c6f6c999f6439dbb6a25c8b67950b8ddc153b4a42314e91ea"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas HB 2579 (2017-2018) — Providing compensation for a person who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned and amending the code of civil procedure concerning contact with jurors following a civil jury trial.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2579_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2579_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2579_02_0000.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2579_enrolled.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **119–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **116–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-01-31** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
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- **2018-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Becker `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-02-21** Representative Ralph raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
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- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained
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- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
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- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 116 Nay: 1 `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Monday, March 12, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
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- **2018-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2018-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
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- **2018-03-27** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Wilborn, Senator Baumgardner and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
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- **2018-05-02** Conference committee report now available
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- **2018-05-02** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
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- **2018-05-02** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
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- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2018-05-03** Engrossed on Thursday, May 3, 2018
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- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2095c5ca-e5bf-43e6-a2de-67091abed37d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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