republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2019-2020/sb-16.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 16 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget – Making appropriations for the department of education for FY 2019, 2020 and 2021; amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act and other statutes related to education."
description: "House Substitute for SB 16 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget – Making appropriations for the department of education for FY 2019, 2020 and 2021; amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act and other statutes related to education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Kansas SB 16 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef24440-7eed-4aa3-a0d2-cdf6f0556a5d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb16"
source_hash: "424b6a8a10c91802aa245e95c48ea3fc79010934f95300c31644b709789d51e0"
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 16 (2019-2020) — House Substitute for SB 16 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget – Making appropriations for the department of education for FY 2019, 2020 and 2021; amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act and other statutes related to education.

## 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/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb16_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb16_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb16_enrolled.pdf)
4. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb16_02_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb16_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **31–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)
- Committee on K-12 Education Budget — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hensley `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hensley was rejected Yea: 12 Nay: 28 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Committee on K-12 Education Budget `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing: Monday, March 18, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on K-12 Education Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Francis `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Francis was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Stogsdill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Representative Williams raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Stogsdill was rejected Yea: 55 Nay: 68 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 63 Nay: 61 `passage, substitution`
- **2019-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-03-27** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Williams, Representative Hoffman and Representative Winn appointed as conferees
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 76 Nay: 47 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 31 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Saturday, April 6, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Saturday, April 6, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef24440-7eed-4aa3-a0d2-cdf6f0556a5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).