republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2023-2024/sb-15.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and further defining qualifying vendors and employees eligible for the credit, establishing a grant program to facilitate transitions by employers to minimum wage employment for persons with disabilities and creating the Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund."
description: "Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and further defining qualifying vendors and employees eligible for the credit, establishing a grant program to facilitate transitions by employers to minimum wage employment for persons with disabilities and creating the Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Kansas SB 15 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2024-02-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eb768d8-bbe8-4c8d-85d0-8b72780204fa"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb15/"
source_hash: "0dde668775dbb0fe23958c430fdce13244b6c901049fe6774c2bc4ad3f541497"
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 15 (2023-2024) — Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and further defining qualifying vendors and employees eligible for the credit, establishing a grant program to facilitate transitions by employers to minimum wage employment for persons with disabilities and creating the Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund.

## 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/sb15_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb15_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb15_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **104–18** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing: Thursday, January 26, 2023, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 104 Nay: 18 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-27** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Sutton, Representative Penn and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees
- **2024-01-16** Representative Smith, A., Representative Bergkamp, and Representative Sawyer are appointed to replace Representative Sutton, Representative Penn, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee
- **2024-01-16** Senator Tyson, Senator Peck, and Senator Holland are appointed to replace Senator Longbine, Senator Fagg, and Senator Holscher on the Conference Committee
- **2024-01-17** Senator Corson is appointed to replace Senator Holland on the Conference Committee
- **2024-01-18** Representative Tarwater, Representative Mason, and Representative Probst are appointed to replace Representative Smith, A., Representative Bergkamp, and Representative Sawyer on the Conference Committee
- **2024-01-29** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-01-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, February 2, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-08** Approved by Governor on Thursday, February 8, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eb768d8-bbe8-4c8d-85d0-8b72780204fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).