---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kansas state fair board is authorized to create a nonprofit corporation for the benefit of the state fair."
description: "Kansas state fair board is authorized to create a nonprofit corporation for the benefit of the state fair."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2215"
citation: "Kansas HB 2215 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a3bc1b1-dd76-459a-a85c-8d1d19b2e859"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2215"
source_hash: "68533dfe03c474740518b096b5b9830796034c822c7b28299391c85f54850abf"
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 2215 (2019-2020) — Kansas state fair board is authorized to create a nonprofit corporation for the benefit of the state fair.

## 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/hb2215_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2215_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Introduced
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing: Monday, February 18, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 159-S - CANCELED
- **2019-03-07** Hearing: Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2019-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 12, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a3bc1b1-dd76-459a-a85c-8d1d19b2e859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).