republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/sb-415.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Depositing all state sales tax revenues from sales on the Kansas state fairgrounds into the state fair capital improvements fund."
description: "Depositing all state sales tax revenues from sales on the Kansas state fairgrounds into the state fair capital improvements fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 415"
citation: "Kansas SB 415 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd7287f9-3f3b-48f3-8e87-8a85971a75d3"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb415"
source_hash: "9f8c35974a28632a23811faf57bb77e7dec1a6eada1dee00d455364c90ae6daa"
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 SB 415 (2017-2018) — Depositing all state sales tax revenues from sales on the Kansas state fairgrounds into the state fair capital improvements fund.

## 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/sb415_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb415_03_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb415_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb415_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb415_04_0000.pdf)
6. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb415_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **117–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-09** Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Assessment and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Assessment and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Berger `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Berger was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-04-02** Referred to Committee on Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hodge `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Representative Schroeder raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whitmer `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Representative Ward raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whitmer `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Representative Ward raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Becker `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Becker was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-04-28** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-30** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-30** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Johnson, Representative Phillips and Representative Sawyer appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-03** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd7287f9-3f3b-48f3-8e87-8a85971a75d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).