---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2174 by Committee on Transportation -Creating distinctive license plates for autism awareness and the Kansas 4-H foundation; decals for certain military medals or badges; handicapped decals."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2174 by Committee on Transportation -Creating distinctive license plates for autism awareness and the Kansas 4-H foundation; decals for certain military medals or badges; handicapped decals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2174"
citation: "Kansas HB 2174 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8e731c-53dd-4693-93a5-544843615b44"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2174"
source_hash: "56cd797b701277fad14d1796e8738ee92d3bd378a038d508ae7bd4d91f0454e2"
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 2174 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2174 by Committee on Transportation -Creating distinctive license plates for autism awareness and the Kansas 4-H foundation; decals for certain military medals or badges; handicapped decals.

## 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/hb2174_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2174_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2174_enrolled.pdf)
4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2174_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Veterans and Military — primary (organization)
- Committee on Transportation — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Thursday, February 09, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 152-S
- **2017-02-06** Hearing: Thursday, February 09, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 152-S
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Veterans and Military `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Engrossed on Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Thursday, March 16, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-30** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Doll and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 124 Nay: 0
- **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/ec8e731c-53dd-4693-93a5-544843615b44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).