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type: "Bill"
title: "Creating an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act for people who engage in the unauthorized practice of law; changing the membership of the advisory committee on uniform state laws and the joint committee on special claims against the state."
description: "Creating an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act for people who engage in the unauthorized practice of law; changing the membership of the advisory committee on uniform state laws and the joint committee on special claims against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Kansas SB 50 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cad2d4a5-9329-4fd9-9b9b-b8805422c07a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb50"
source_hash: "24e4e4a39f3bc32bcd03edc425c4479e485b4d30226b0670010817ff1d32e61d"
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 50 (2017-2018) — Creating an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act for people who engage in the unauthorized practice of law; changing the membership of the advisory committee on uniform state laws and the joint committee on special claims against the state.
## 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/sb50_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_03_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 27, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_04_0000.pdf)
6. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_02_0000.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **380** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **1241** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing: Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Petersen `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Petersen was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Hearing: Tuesday, March 07, 2017, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Wheeler `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Wheeler was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-30** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Patton and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-07** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cad2d4a5-9329-4fd9-9b9b-b8805422c07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).