---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dissolving the White Clay watershed district no. 26, city of Atchison assumes obligations and amending the tax lid relating to the dissolution of any taxing subdivision."
description: "Dissolving the White Clay watershed district no. 26, city of Atchison assumes obligations and amending the tax lid relating to the dissolution of any taxing subdivision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2188"
citation: "Kansas HB 2188 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b76651-9233-4a3a-a20e-d71b82da941d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2188"
source_hash: "eb44d47ccf025cb897cacc58f91830bcfc5fe2f806e274617e24ce7f1aef5d52"
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 2188 (2019-2020) — Dissolving the White Clay watershed district no. 26, city of Atchison assumes obligations and amending the tax lid relating to the dissolution of any taxing subdivision.

## 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/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2188_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2188_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Introduced
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing: Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 218-N - CANCELED
- **2019-02-14** Hearing: Monday, February 18, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 218-N
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing: Thursday, March 21, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14b76651-9233-4a3a-a20e-d71b82da941d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).