republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/sb-238.md

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Bill	Substitute for SB 238 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring emergency medical services operators be overseen by medical directors or physicians; clarifying duties and functions of the state board of pharmacy; providing for confidentiality of investigations, inspections and audits; establishing fees on out-of-state facilities; defining telepharmacy and requiring the adoption of rules and regulations related thereto.	Substitute for SB 238 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring emergency medical services operators be overseen by medical directors or physicians; clarifying duties and functions of the state board of pharmacy; providing for confidentiality of investigations, inspections and audits; establishing fees on out-of-state facilities; defining telepharmacy and requiring the adoption of rules and regulations related thereto.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	SB 238	Kansas SB 238 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		5	29	5	2021-02-12	2021-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/fa171688-3ca6-4412-8a96-abe5acdd23c7	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb238	f9f4dfd30f1a9958c698ad27f463a3acc3b3776ee388df8276f6fcb223ac2473	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 238 (2021-2022) — Substitute for SB 238 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring emergency medical services operators be overseen by medical directors or physicians; clarifying duties and functions of the state board of pharmacy; providing for confidentiality of investigations, inspections and audits; establishing fees on out-of-state facilities; defining telepharmacy and requiring the adoption of rules and regulations related thereto.

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 House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled - Law effective June 3, 2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. Version 2 (committee substitute) — source
5. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected — 12–23 (fail) · upper
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 121–1 (pass) · lower
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 116–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-15 Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare referral-committee
• 2021-02-17 Hearing: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
• 2021-03-01 Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-02 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-03-02 Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
• 2021-03-03 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-03-03 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed passage, substitution
• 2021-03-03 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-03 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-03-03 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-03 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected Yea: 12 Nay: 23 amendment-failure
• 2021-03-03 Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended passage, substitution
• 2021-03-03 Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 passage, substitution
• 2021-03-10 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-11 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-24 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-03-24 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2021-03-24 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2021-03-25 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 passage
• 2021-03-25 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2021-03-29 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Parker appointed as conferees
• 2021-04-09 Conference committee report now available
• 2021-04-09 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 7 passage
• 2021-05-05 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2021-05-05 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 4 passage
• 2021-05-26 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 14, 2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-05-26 Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa171688-3ca6-4412-8a96-abe5acdd23c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).