---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting governmental entities from prohibiting the wearing of tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at public events."
description: "Prohibiting governmental entities from prohibiting the wearing of tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at public events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2498"
citation: "Kansas HB 2498 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Victors"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abb63f5f-2e86-4074-ad4a-f263d5c244f4"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2498"
source_hash: "45e2c4e3087a518e8ccb7c1364f294dd7fa921f92069b46967afdcdf182fb1a1"
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 2498 (2017-2018) — Prohibiting governmental entities from prohibiting the wearing of tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at public events.

## 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/hb2498_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective April 05, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2498_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Victors — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: Thursday, February 01, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
- **2018-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Approved by Governor on Monday, March 26, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abb63f5f-2e86-4074-ad4a-f263d5c244f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).