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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Designating Lehigh Portland state park and exempting disabled veterans from certain requirements and fees relating to hunting and fishing licenses."
+description: "Designating Lehigh Portland state park and exempting disabled veterans from certain requirements and fees relating to hunting and fishing licenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2039"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2039 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Waymaster"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2023-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21069d84-b4a4-4a03-b91b-be877c20e42b"
+source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2039/"
+source_hash: "840e7755620f25286c201828af98412f2a862e9b26d4f6ea158e75b1ddde1d4c"
+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 2039 (2023-2024) — Designating Lehigh Portland state park and exempting disabled veterans from certain requirements and fees relating to hunting and fishing licenses.
+
+## 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/hb2039_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2039_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2039_02_0000.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 27, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2039_enrolled.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–5** (pass) · upper
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **114–9** (pass) · lower
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Waymaster — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-18** Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
+- **2023-02-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Veterans and Military `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Engrossed on Thursday, February 23, 2023
+- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
+- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `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`
+- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
+- **2023-04-05** Senator Erickson, Senator Dietrich, and Senator Holland are appointed to replace Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman, and Senator Ware on the Conference Committee
+- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
+- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
+- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 114 Nay: 9 `passage`
+- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21069d84-b4a4-4a03-b91b-be877c20e42b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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