---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the board of directors for a drainage district to hold a meeting in executive session in accordance with the open meetings act."
description: "Authorizing the board of directors for a drainage district to hold a meeting in executive session in accordance with the open meetings act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2587"
citation: "Kansas HB 2587 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2edb02cd-7b7e-4769-8e51-54b562523df6"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2587/"
source_hash: "a67e8c222364e5e830328e01e5e1c32f267d7cf2e6139d58e0ae9ff8a0cfa030"
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 2587 (2023-2024) — Authorizing the board of directors for a drainage district to hold a meeting in executive session in accordance with the open meetings act.

## 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/hb2587_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2587_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing: Monday, February 5, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2024-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 116 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 9:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2024-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2024-03-19** Engrossed on Friday, March 15, 2024
- **2024-03-22** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 22, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 29, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2edb02cd-7b7e-4769-8e51-54b562523df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).