---
type: "Bill"
title: "National day of the cowboy."
description: "National day of the cowboy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2437"
citation: "Kansas HB 2437 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Becker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a335bb0b-8720-418e-84e4-9b64c47909a5"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2437"
source_hash: "9d42c0d4ab4e1dea3cf17b83b8687a32e67b0313de29f15a0a402c9591244948"
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 2437 (2017-2018) — National day of the cowboy.

## 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/hb2437_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective March 08, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2437_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **121–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Becker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Wednesday, December 06, 2017 `filing`
- **2018-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-01-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: Thursday, February 08, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-02-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- **2018-02-28** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, February 23, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 1, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a335bb0b-8720-418e-84e4-9b64c47909a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).