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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer."
+description: "Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2279"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2279 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-02"
+last_action: "2023-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06cba8ad-a640-486e-8472-203e1363b9b9"
+source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2279/"
+source_hash: "aa85ba9e0e247ff43601e934f2f4ab5576ec12cd855d375cc3ded8b120202f8e"
+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 2279 (2023-2024) — Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer.
+
+## 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/hb2279_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2279_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2279_02_0000.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2279_enrolled.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–5** (pass) · upper
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **116–6** (pass) · lower
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–6** (pass) · upper
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **116–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Water — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-02-02** Hearing: Thursday, February 9, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 218-N
+- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on Water `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Water `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: 116 Nay: 6 `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`
+- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
+- **2023-03-08** Hearing continuation: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
+- **2023-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `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: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
+- **2023-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2023-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
+- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
+- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 6 `passage`
+- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 6 `passage`
+- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06cba8ad-a640-486e-8472-203e1363b9b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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