---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer."
description: "Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2279"
citation: "Kansas HB 2279 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06cba8ad-a640-486e-8472-203e1363b9b9"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2279/"
source_hash: "aa85ba9e0e247ff43601e934f2f4ab5576ec12cd855d375cc3ded8b120202f8e"
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 2279 (2023-2024) — Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2279_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2279_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2279_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2279_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **116–6** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–6** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **116–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing: Thursday, February 9, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 218-N
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on Water `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Water `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 116 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed on Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-03-08** Hearing continuation: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06cba8ad-a640-486e-8472-203e1363b9b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).