---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Kansas pet animal act."
description: "Relating to the Kansas pet animal act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2477"
citation: "Kansas HB 2477 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f1902c-289f-42e3-aa60-db65b67ee6d8"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2477"
source_hash: "6f3bc6e6ea181203c983e1b7623360929f3ed3aac25cc95aab5613c60e4b8015"
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 2477 (2017-2018) — Relating to the Kansas pet animal act.

## 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/hb2477_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 26, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_02_0000.pdf)
6. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2477_04_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **116–4** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **103–14** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture `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 - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Schroeder `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Schroeder was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hoffman was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Karleskint `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Karleskint was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 103 Nay: 14 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2018-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `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 - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Billinger `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Billinger was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 116 Nay: 4
- **2018-04-06** Reengrossed on Friday, April 6, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f1902c-289f-42e3-aa60-db65b67ee6d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).