---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing the state general fund and conservation fee fund transfers to the abandoned oil and gas well fund."
description: "Repealing the state general fund and conservation fee fund transfers to the abandoned oil and gas well fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2591"
citation: "Kansas HB 2591 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bcbe47f-0bd9-44f6-ac4d-bc1bfcaaa90a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2591"
source_hash: "e419bdbfece0b33e38c454328c92d11dbaf848e6097b12a9fae9ab4d145a21aa"
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 2591 (2021-2022) — Repealing the state general fund and conservation fee fund transfers to the abandoned oil and gas well fund.

## 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/hb2591_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective March 31, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2591_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing: Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 9:00 AM Room 112-N
- **2022-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 112 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Hearing: Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2022-03-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 14, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bcbe47f-0bd9-44f6-ac4d-bc1bfcaaa90a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).