republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/sb-62.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the standards for school-administered vision screenings for students, establishing the Kansas children's vision health and school readiness commission and relating to the powers and duties of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing with regard to registration of interpreters, communication access services guidelines and adoption of rules and regulations."
description: "Amending the standards for school-administered vision screenings for students, establishing the Kansas children's vision health and school readiness commission and relating to the powers and duties of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing with regard to registration of interpreters, communication access services guidelines and adoption of rules and regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Kansas SB 62 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/987bfba9-ae1d-46b8-8ac7-862dfb626ee8"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb62"
source_hash: "5259bdaef7ca16c6020ac08febd0bc9cf3c4230ec045eb8238b8f5ae1f88096a"
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 62 (2021-2022) — Amending the standards for school-administered vision screenings for students, establishing the Kansas children's vision health and school readiness commission and relating to the powers and duties of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing with regard to registration of interpreters, communication access services guidelines and adoption of rules and regulations.

## 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/sb62_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb62_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Further Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb62_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb62_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **115–6** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–3** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **35–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing: Thursday, February 4, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2021-02-23** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 35 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Hearing: Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 218-N - CANCELED
- **2021-03-05** Hearing: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2021-03-29** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-01-31** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2022-02-11** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Education `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be further amended and be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Rhiley `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Rhiley was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 115 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-08** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Huebert, Representative Thomas and Representative Stogsdill appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-03-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 1, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 11, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/987bfba9-ae1d-46b8-8ac7-862dfb626ee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).