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type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2701 by Committee on Utilities - Creating the statewide broadband expansion planning task force."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2701 by Committee on Utilities - Creating the statewide broadband expansion planning task force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2701"
citation: "Kansas HB 2701 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e3c7fa-1be9-4028-b918-0b982936125e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2701"
source_hash: "a3e19a2f0c6771e62d9aa09f2adcd0f358b2dee1991020aeedd6b119aa325e9f"
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 2701 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2701 by Committee on Utilities - Creating the statewide broadband expansion planning task force.
## 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/hb2701_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2701_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2701_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 03, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2701_enrolled.pdf)
5. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2701_04_0000.pdf)
6. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2701_02_0000.pdf)
7. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2701_05_0000.pdf)
## Votes
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **1173** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **1170** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **400** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications — primary (organization)
- Committee on Utilities — cosponsor (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-07** Introduced
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2018-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Gartner `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Gartner was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Engrossed on Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred separately to Committee on Commerce and Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Hearing: Friday, March 09, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-03-12** Hearing continuation: Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Bill now in Committee on Utilities
- **2018-03-19** Hearing: Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2018-03-19** Hearing continuation: Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2018-03-26** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Olson, Senator Petersen and Senator Hawk 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** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Reengrossed on Saturday, April 7, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74e3c7fa-1be9-4028-b918-0b982936125e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).