---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reinstatement of forfeited benefit units of rural water districts."
description: "Reinstatement of forfeited benefit units of rural water districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2080"
citation: "Kansas HB 2080 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67e7a94e-aeb5-4eea-9991-d828ed4b808a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2080"
source_hash: "eccf6925fbbf2d7a2d0d53dd86caedc3fc388f5322c44413791a7a9afd237cbb"
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 2080 (2017-2018) — Reinstatement of forfeited benefit units of rural water districts.

## 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/hb2080_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2080_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2080_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **112–13** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **118–6** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water and Environment — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on Water and Environment `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Hearing: Thursday, January 26, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Water and Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 112 Nay: 13 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Hearing: Thursday, March 09, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Estes and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Engrossed on Thursday, April 6, 2017
- **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/67e7a94e-aeb5-4eea-9991-d828ed4b808a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).