---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring an individual to maintain enrollment on a tribal membership roll to receive a free permanent hunting license."
description: "Requiring an individual to maintain enrollment on a tribal membership roll to receive a free permanent hunting license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "Kansas SB 451 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd9f662-68ac-4043-9450-31a43cf34199"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb451"
source_hash: "f80a72d568a005be9e479945cc9a09e3d914744af7a49db57d2a54a4daac2a15"
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 451 (2021-2022) — Requiring an individual to maintain enrollment on a tribal membership roll to receive a free permanent hunting license.

## 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/sb451_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb451_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb451_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2022-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 1, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 11, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edd9f662-68ac-4043-9450-31a43cf34199`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).