republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/hb-2600.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2600 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Relating to responsibilities of the department of health and environment in setting fees for noncontiguous sites under the nuclear energy development and radiation control act; directing the secretary of health and environment to study and investigate maternal deaths in the state of Kansas; and requiring the secretary to study and disseminate information relating to palliative care."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2600 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Relating to responsibilities of the department of health and environment in setting fees for noncontiguous sites under the nuclear energy development and radiation control act; directing the secretary of health and environment to study and investigate maternal deaths in the state of Kansas; and requiring the secretary to study and disseminate information relating to palliative care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2600"
citation: "Kansas HB 2600 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5661524-69e5-450f-b9b5-29f98be1ef3f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2600"
source_hash: "b454bcd12446eac4bc0ea46308085c3f063434d823381106c1d0feeac5aad364"
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 2600 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2600 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Relating to responsibilities of the department of health and environment in setting fees for noncontiguous sites under the nuclear energy development and radiation control act; directing the secretary of health and environment to study and investigate maternal deaths in the state of Kansas; and requiring the secretary to study and disseminate information relating to palliative care.

## 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/hb2600_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2600_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2600_enrolled.pdf)
4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2600_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **106–16** (pass) · legislature
- Motion to return bill to conference failed. — **17–23** (fail) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **27–12** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **120–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)
- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing: Monday, February 12, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 106 Nay: 16 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2018-03-19** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator V. Schmidt, Senator Bollier and Senator Kelly appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Motion to return bill to conference failed. Yea: 17 Nay: 23
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 27 Nay: 12 `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-27** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 26, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5661524-69e5-450f-b9b5-29f98be1ef3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).