---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the construction of a statue honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower."
description: "Authorizing the construction of a statue honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Kansas SB 262 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Bowers", "Senator Hardy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ec3a6db-644f-49a3-9129-e1a096cd8343"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb262"
source_hash: "57b8f1e13558626521d45fc1fac8b9cc7dd5205bc86e47e9db6f9504edcdabfd"
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 SB 262 (2017-2018) — Authorizing the construction of a statue honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower.

## 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/sb262_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb262_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective March 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb262_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **123–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senator Bowers — primary (person)
- Senator Hardy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, January 04, 2018 `filing`
- **2018-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Hearing: Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-01-30** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-01-30** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Hearing: Tuesday, February 06, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, February 12, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-22** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ec3a6db-644f-49a3-9129-e1a096cd8343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).