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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the Kansas lay caregiver act."
description: "Enacting the Kansas lay caregiver act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Kansas SB 68 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd240f89-6bf9-4a60-86b3-7e4bd5cf3ed1"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb68"
source_hash: "65e94864b231ccb2e272a24795db652454bb6a3a760c9c71d0193182e0ad2268"
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 68 (2017-2018) — Enacting the Kansas lay caregiver act.
## 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/sb68_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb68_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb68_enrolled.pdf)
## Votes
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **381** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **1250** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing: Wednesday, February 01, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-01-31** Hearing: Wednesday, February 01, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Ward `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Representative Hawkins raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 27, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-29** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd240f89-6bf9-4a60-86b3-7e4bd5cf3ed1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).