---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 26 by Committee on Transportation - Updating motor carrier laws and the regulation of motor carriers by the state corporation commission."
description: "House Substitute for SB 26 by Committee on Transportation - Updating motor carrier laws and the regulation of motor carriers by the state corporation commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Kansas SB 26 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e0ac8b-a3c5-490d-82f4-de6264ab0060"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb26"
source_hash: "e6a9c5149a6c1e96c5fe43c4ecb44a7ebb19e9a119294605ce5cd23933f31a0e"
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 26 (2021-2022) — House Substitute for SB 26 by Committee on Transportation - Updating motor carrier laws and the regulation of motor carriers by the state corporation commission.

## 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/sb26_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb26_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb26_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing: Thursday, February 18, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-02-23** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2021-03-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Hearing: Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-23** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Proehl, Representative Delperdang and Representative Helgerson appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e0ac8b-a3c5-490d-82f4-de6264ab0060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).