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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Kansas pet animal act."
+description: "Relating to the Kansas pet animal act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2477"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2477 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-17"
+last_action: "2018-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f1902c-289f-42e3-aa60-db65b67ee6d8"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2477"
+source_hash: "6f3bc6e6ea181203c983e1b7623360929f3ed3aac25cc95aab5613c60e4b8015"
+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 HB 2477 (2017-2018) — Relating to the Kansas pet animal 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.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_03_0000.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 26, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_enrolled.pdf)
+5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_02_0000.pdf)
+6. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_04_0000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concurred with amendments; — **116–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **103–14** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Agriculture — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-23** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
+- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Schroeder `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Schroeder was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hoffman was rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Karleskint `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Karleskint was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
+- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 103 Nay: 14 `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
+- **2018-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Billinger `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Billinger was rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
+- **2018-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 6 `passage`
+- **2018-04-06** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 116 Nay: 4
+- **2018-04-06** Reengrossed on Friday, April 6, 2018
+- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f1902c-289f-42e3-aa60-db65b67ee6d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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