---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water conservation areas and remedies for the impairment of a valid water right."
description: "Water conservation areas and remedies for the impairment of a valid water right."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Kansas SB 46 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31cb6ec0-02f7-4772-9f93-61b1acd1e3e2"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb46"
source_hash: "e29d8d5bff35d02721242602b22425b2f341754632284bc855ca692bb9900e69"
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 46 (2017-2018) — Water conservation areas and remedies for the impairment of a valid water right.

## 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/sb46_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb46_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb46_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb46_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb46_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **114–10** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **105–20** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Thursday, February 09, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 159-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-02-08** Hearing: Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Water and Environment `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Withdrawn from Committee on Water and Environment; Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2017, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jennings `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jennings was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 105 Nay: 20 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-30** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Hoffman, Representative Thompson and Representative Carlin appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 114 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31cb6ec0-02f7-4772-9f93-61b1acd1e3e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).