Topeka ? A bill regulating dozens of medical clinics instead of just abortion providers slipped through the House on Thursday, while a proposal to increase reporting by those providers to the state won Senate approval.

The clinic bill split anti-abortion activists and legislators, who previously were unified in supporting legislation applying only to the five Kansas clinics performing abortions. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed two abortion-only bills in three years, and some abortion opponents felt a broader measure was their best chance to get any new rules in place.

They barely overcame other abortion opponents’ suspicions that the broader measure actually would help abortion clinics avoid oversight. The vote was 63-62 to pass the bill and send it to the Senate.

Meanwhile, senators passed, 27-13, a bill requiring more detailed information from doctors who perform abortions. It went to the House.

The measure would generate more data about abortions performed after the 22nd week of pregnancy, though abortion rights supporters argue the true goal is to burden doctors and clinics.

The reporting bill had the support of Kansans for Life, the state’s largest anti-abortion group. So, too, did requiring the state health department to set minimum standards for abortion clinics and conduct regular, random inspections.

While the House’s passage of a broader bill was a defeat for Kansans for Life, the group had a good chance of prevailing in the Senate. Last year, senators rejected a broad proposal, 19-20, while approving an abortion-only bill, 27-12.

Sebelius has said the state should impose greater oversight over all surgeries performed under general anesthesia or heavy sedation but outside hospitals, such as liposuction and colonoscopies. On Thursday, she praised the House for not singling out abortion.

“Medicine has shifted, and what we need to do is protect Kansas patients, who are now having many more outpatient surgeries than in-hospital surgeries, and I think this is a big step forward,” she said during a brief news conference.

On Thursday, Kansans for Life also noted that the bill allows any clinic to avoid state oversight if it opts for the same national accreditation many hospitals receive. The group said the cost of such accreditation is $4,000.