---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the governor to enter into the great plains interstate fire compact."
description: "Authorizing the governor to enter into the great plains interstate fire compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2140"
citation: "Kansas HB 2140 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f16ba91a-85a9-462a-b9ab-cb22f6666d5f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2140"
source_hash: "fcde501628e08b1141289f9d3023513e14fe10fdde9721c6923d9fc065848a0c"
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 2140 (2017-2018) — Authorizing the governor to enter into the great plains interstate fire compact.

## 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/hb2140_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2140_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective April 20, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2140_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **124–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **124–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `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 - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 124 Nay: 1
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed on Monday, April 3, 2017
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 07, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f16ba91a-85a9-462a-b9ab-cb22f6666d5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).