---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the maximum reimbursement from the Kansas agricultural remediation fund from $200,000 to $300,000 for an eligible person and from $400,000 to $600,000 when both a buyer and a seller or a lessee and a lessor are responsible for remediation and increasing the amount available to the Kansas agricultural remediation board for administrative overhead expenses from $150,000 to $175,000."
description: "Increasing the maximum reimbursement from the Kansas agricultural remediation fund from $200,000 to $300,000 for an eligible person and from $400,000 to $600,000 when both a buyer and a seller or a lessee and a lessor are responsible for remediation and increasing the amount available to the Kansas agricultural remediation board for administrative overhead expenses from $150,000 to $175,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2477"
citation: "Kansas HB 2477 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rahjes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/642aa616-f695-413f-8570-77665a25a58d"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2477/"
source_hash: "57a6e278c504ff5ef0bf0b0a05bc4c5941668c783e70b5440eef4810ee1d8c3c"
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 2477 (2023-2024) — Increasing the maximum reimbursement from the Kansas agricultural remediation fund from $200,000 to $300,000 for an eligible person and from $400,000 to $600,000 when both a buyer and a seller or a lessee and a lessor are responsible for remediation and increasing the amount available to the Kansas agricultural remediation board for administrative overhead expenses from $150,000 to $175,000.

## 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/hb2477_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2477_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2477_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rahjes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 `filing`
- **2024-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2024-02-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 110 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 121 Nay: 0
- **2024-04-01** Engrossed on Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 5, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/642aa616-f695-413f-8570-77665a25a58d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).