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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exempting the transport of cotton bales from the secured load requirements under certain conditions."
+description: "Exempting the transport of cotton bales from the secured load requirements under certain conditions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2160"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2160 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f9b2cf1-5581-4b12-9e0e-eb8a9991c689"
+source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2160/"
+source_hash: "51be653bc63b258eeb507421c455e83bf755398e77b91a182b10f5bc25cd66fe"
+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 2160 (2023-2024) — Exempting the transport of cotton bales from the secured load requirements under certain conditions.
+
+## 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/hb2160_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2160_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2160_02_0000.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2160_enrolled.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **121–3** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred with amendments; — **118–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Hearing: Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
+- **2023-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 21, 2023
+- **2023-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 3 `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-03-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Withdrawn from Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
+- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 118 Nay: 0
+- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 7, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f9b2cf1-5581-4b12-9e0e-eb8a9991c689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+