---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of the sale of beer by cereal malt beverage licensees."
description: "Regulation of the sale of beer by cereal malt beverage licensees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2502"
citation: "Kansas HB 2502 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19af6593-9f6f-4ce6-a2f2-a603136dfb94"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2502"
source_hash: "d02469cf3bf77420648368d123b326b2e01fc5b687954fad797d48eae4b5bbdd"
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 2502 (2017-2018) — Regulation of the sale of beer by cereal malt beverage licensees.

## 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/hb2502_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2502_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **117–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Monday, January 29, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 117 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Hearing: Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-03-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 15, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19af6593-9f6f-4ce6-a2f2-a603136dfb94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).