---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Flint Hills trail state park and Little Jerusalem Badlands state park as part of the state park system and establishing the Flint Hills advisory council."
description: "Designating Flint Hills trail state park and Little Jerusalem Badlands state park as part of the state park system and establishing the Flint Hills advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Kansas SB 331 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8132c993-9aa4-43a6-89a2-fd7a50d3995f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb331"
source_hash: "6e95a82d31b83e1b7b8919d1ec12633da1612c6e151edcbe60330371c8ac1d81"
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 SB 331 (2017-2018) — Designating Flint Hills trail state park and Little Jerusalem Badlands state park as part of the state park system and establishing the Flint Hills advisory council.

## 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/sb331_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb331_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb331_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb331_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **99–24** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **27–12** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **96–23** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **26–14** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2018-02-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 26 Nay: 14 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 582-N - CANCELLED
- **2018-03-06** Hearing: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Baker `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Baker was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Lusker `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Lusker was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Corbet `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Corbet was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 99 Nay: 24 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Hoffman, Representative Thompson and Representative Carlin appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 96 Nay: 23 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 27 Nay: 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8132c993-9aa4-43a6-89a2-fd7a50d3995f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).