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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 343"
citation: "Kansas SB 343 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349867dd-efe8-413c-9ea8-522e30e5d923"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb343"
source_hash: "e9f950b8a85ae0a56311ba89182524f4f28317b54036340bda50510d914ac097"
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 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](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb343_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb343_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective April 28, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb343_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb343_03_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb343_02_0000.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/349867dd-efe8-413c-9ea8-522e30e5d923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).