---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for HB 2147 by Committee on Veterans & Military-Providing an income tax refund for certain Native American veterans."
description: "Substitute for HB 2147 by Committee on Veterans & Military-Providing an income tax refund for certain Native American veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2147"
citation: "Kansas HB 2147 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Highberger", "Representative Victors"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b23dcd06-3027-4969-9988-08e7017fea12"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2147"
source_hash: "53cad1078707c48cdcd1cb5ebb6f3b3c1938a487ab1ad290b6e1cef60a24ffdb"
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 2147 (2017-2018) — Substitute for HB 2147 by Committee on Veterans & Military-Providing an income tax refund for certain Native American veterans.

## 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/hb2147_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2147_03_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2147_enrolled.pdf)
4. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2147_01_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2147_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **118–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **121–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Highberger — primary (person)
- Representative Victors — primary (person)
- Committee on Veterans and Military — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Hearing: Thursday, February 02, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 152-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Tuesday, February 07, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 152-S
- **2017-02-06** Hearing: Tuesday, February 07, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 152-S
- **2017-02-15** Withdrawn from Committee on Veterans and Military; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Veterans and Military `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Osterman `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Osterman was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2018-02-20** Engrossed on Monday, February 19, 2018
- **2018-02-20** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Assessment and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-04-02** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 121 Nay: 0
- **2018-04-03** Reengrossed on Monday, April 2, 2018
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 06, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 12, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b23dcd06-3027-4969-9988-08e7017fea12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).