---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; Sedgwick county designated as urban area, role of mayor clarified, county authority over election commissioners extended."
description: "Local government; Sedgwick county designated as urban area, role of mayor clarified, county authority over election commissioners extended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2597"
citation: "Kansas HB 2597 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eea7c7a-99bf-4b2b-826a-c8c4838eac59"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2597"
source_hash: "3c1b5897c4b8f151ec5ccc7ca068d604813474044ace4d83a1b078bd69fdde52"
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 2597 (2017-2018) — Local government; Sedgwick county designated as urban area, role of mayor clarified, county authority over election commissioners extended.

## 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/hb2597_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2597_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2597_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2597_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **29–10** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **121–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **90–30** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Hearing: Thursday, February 08, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N - CANCELLED
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `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: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `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 - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Fitzgerald `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Fitzgerald was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Bowers, Senator Fitzgerald and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 29 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 90 Nay: 30 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Engrossed on Friday, April 6, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eea7c7a-99bf-4b2b-826a-c8c4838eac59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).