---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making commercial driver's licenses renewable every five years."
description: "Making commercial driver's licenses renewable every five years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2511"
citation: "Kansas HB 2511 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e928be78-3e12-4031-9377-5eaf1a363293"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2511"
source_hash: "27153d87fdcd40cc7164dd4732e4d3f4aced32f42967ffb339fdcd4e5305b7a2"
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 2511 (2017-2018) — Making commercial driver's licenses renewable every five years.

## 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/hb2511_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2511_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2511_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **118–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Thursday, February 01, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-03-06** Hearing continuation: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Goddard and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Engrossed on Tuesday, May 1, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 04, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e928be78-3e12-4031-9377-5eaf1a363293`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).