---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating the state rock as greenhorn limestone, the state mineral as galena, the state gemstone as jelinite amber and the state fish as the channel catfish."
description: "Designating the state rock as greenhorn limestone, the state mineral as galena, the state gemstone as jelinite amber and the state fish as the channel catfish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2650"
citation: "Kansas HB 2650 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd064d6b-12ad-4e7a-9def-0e8329a611e2"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2650"
source_hash: "6c7eaab0de410e9e51a322e4baa4f23d646e2ab72d6df6b951bde9089549ca47"
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 2650 (2017-2018) — Designating the state rock as greenhorn limestone, the state mineral as galena, the state gemstone as jelinite amber and the state fish as the channel catfish.

## 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/hb2650_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2650_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2650_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2650_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **114–11** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **114–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** Introduced
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Hearing: Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed on Monday, March 12, 2018
- **2018-03-13** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-03-14** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holland `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20** Senator Estes raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2018-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holland was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 114 Nay: 11
- **2018-03-23** Reengrossed on Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 26, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-05** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd064d6b-12ad-4e7a-9def-0e8329a611e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).