republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/sb-343.md

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Bill	Providing considerations for in family law, adoption, foster care, guardianship and child in need of care proceedings for parents or prospective parents who are blind and updating the term "hearing impaired" to "hard of hearing" in statutes related to persons with hearing loss.	Providing considerations for in family law, adoption, foster care, guardianship and child in need of care proceedings for parents or prospective parents who are blind and updating the term "hearing impaired" to "hard of hearing" in statutes related to persons with hearing loss.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	SB 343	Kansas SB 343 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		5	29	4	2022-01-13	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/349867dd-efe8-413c-9ea8-522e30e5d923	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb343	e9f950b8a85ae0a56311ba89182524f4f28317b54036340bda50510d914ac097	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 343 (2021-2022) — Providing considerations for in family law, adoption, foster care, guardianship and child in need of care proceedings for parents or prospective parents who are blind and updating the term "hearing impaired" to "hard of hearing" in statutes related to persons with hearing loss.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled - Law effective April 28, 2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
5. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 122–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-13 Introduced introduction
• 2022-01-14 Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Hearing: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
• 2022-02-09 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended passage
• 2022-02-15 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-02-16 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2022-02-17 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Hearing: Monday, March 7, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
• 2022-03-08 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Turner amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Turner was adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2022-03-21 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-03-22 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2022-03-23 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
• 2022-03-31 Conference committee report now available
• 2022-04-01 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 115 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-04-01 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-04-25 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-04-25 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 18, 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/349867dd-efe8-413c-9ea8-522e30e5d923. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).