republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2023-2024/sb-123.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the Kansas adult learner grant act to establish a grant program for adult learners to pursue certain fields of study, enacting the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act to require school districts to pay for the cost of assessments for students to obtain an approved career technical education credential, designating military veterans and spouses or dependents of such veterans who were stationed in Kansas for at least 11 months as residents for purposes of tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions and expanding the eligible fields of study under the Kansas promise scholarship act."
description: "Enacting the Kansas adult learner grant act to establish a grant program for adult learners to pursue certain fields of study, enacting the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act to require school districts to pay for the cost of assessments for students to obtain an approved career technical education credential, designating military veterans and spouses or dependents of such veterans who were stationed in Kansas for at least 11 months as residents for purposes of tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions and expanding the eligible fields of study under the Kansas promise scholarship act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Kansas SB 123 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peck", "Pittman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c523ec-3faa-4528-b893-fd9c6c5ac927"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb123/"
source_hash: "d37aed73920a894aa685fd279001e27e3a5f2c12cbf3d54af78ab09759806f56"
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 123 (2023-2024) — Enacting the Kansas adult learner grant act to establish a grant program for adult learners to pursue certain fields of study, enacting the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act to require school districts to pay for the cost of assessments for students to obtain an approved career technical education credential, designating military veterans and spouses or dependents of such veterans who were stationed in Kansas for at least 11 months as residents for purposes of tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions and expanding the eligible fields of study under the Kansas promise scholarship 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.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb123_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb123_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb123_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **122–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peck — primary (person)
- Pittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing: Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Thomas, Representative Estes and Representative Stogsdill appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7c523ec-3faa-4528-b893-fd9c6c5ac927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).