---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for drivers’ license online renewals and vision requirements; approved motorcycle licenses safety training curriculum; and renewal periods for commercial driver’s license."
description: "Providing for drivers’ license online renewals and vision requirements; approved motorcycle licenses safety training curriculum; and renewal periods for commercial driver’s license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2606"
citation: "Kansas HB 2606 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4c16845-1b72-408c-8b18-097305cc1b02"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2606"
source_hash: "41ce222b1af99413635d69f102578e54ba96d891c70d09faf4b0f531dbfcbf8b"
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 2606 (2017-2018) — Providing for drivers’ license online renewals and vision requirements; approved motorcycle licenses safety training curriculum; and renewal periods for commercial driver’s license.

## 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/hb2606_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2606_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2606_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2606_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **119–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–2** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2018-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-07** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Hearing: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-03-21** 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: 35 Nay: 5 `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
- **2018-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Reengrossed on Thursday, April 5, 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/a4c16845-1b72-408c-8b18-097305cc1b02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).