---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act and establishing the Kansas asset seizure and forfeiture repository."
description: "Amending the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act and establishing the Kansas asset seizure and forfeiture repository."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2459"
citation: "Kansas HB 2459 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a522c658-21f3-427a-92d2-f1ed27221d23"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2459"
source_hash: "b3ff10f8da95ada80157cd77da2519aee4a59cab199cd026cb454169e047c150"
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 2459 (2017-2018) — Amending the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act and establishing the Kansas asset seizure and forfeiture repository.

## 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/hb2459_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2459_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2459_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Faust-Goudeau was rejected — **13–26** (fail) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **110–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-02-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 110 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Faust-Goudeau `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Faust-Goudeau was rejected Yea: 13 Nay: 26 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 29, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-03** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 2, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a522c658-21f3-427a-92d2-f1ed27221d23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).