---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing loans or grants for qualified track maintenance in the rail service improvement program and increasing the transfer from the state highway fund to the rail service improvement fund."
description: "Authorizing loans or grants for qualified track maintenance in the rail service improvement program and increasing the transfer from the state highway fund to the rail service improvement fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2335"
citation: "Kansas HB 2335 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d65c46a2-c6c7-4fc5-b0a8-07c559ef1a26"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2335/"
source_hash: "248c25cd4b9e77c36fd9355013ee5ad716cf69f066cbdd1814d350963664de2a"
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 2335 (2023-2024) — Authorizing loans or grants for qualified track maintenance in the rail service improvement program and increasing the transfer from the state highway fund to the rail service improvement 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.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2335_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2335_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2335_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2335_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **117–5** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **120–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing: Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Engrossed on Friday, February 24, 2023
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Thursday, March 16, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Kloos and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d65c46a2-c6c7-4fc5-b0a8-07c559ef1a26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).