---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vacating certain blocks in the original town plat set aside for a college and a park in the city of Americus and vesting fee simple title in the city."
description: "Vacating certain blocks in the original town plat set aside for a college and a park in the city of Americus and vesting fee simple title in the city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2178"
citation: "Kansas HB 2178 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d4d5591-4d3b-4558-9030-8803e4283b41"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2178"
source_hash: "85c7514477f1feb532ce88115f642663e59a5713c8984d11a4bbeb8f1bed31f7"
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 2178 (2021-2022) — Vacating certain blocks in the original town plat set aside for a college and a park in the city of Americus and vesting fee simple title in the city.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2178_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2178_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2178_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **121–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **121–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing: Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Hearing: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 121 Nay: 2
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 30, 2021
- **2021-04-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 15, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d4d5591-4d3b-4558-9030-8803e4283b41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).