---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate in county public right-of-way and limiting the fees and costs that a county may impose upon such providers for such activities."
description: "Authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate in county public right-of-way and limiting the fees and costs that a county may impose upon such providers for such activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2588"
citation: "Kansas HB 2588 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a4e0178-0e4c-4f57-ad50-cd9420e74f39"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2588/"
source_hash: "07dc371215b5fc6e314658ec1a126ddc06ab50ec89f6683a3412a0a718af0083"
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 2588 (2023-2024) — Authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate in county public right-of-way and limiting the fees and costs that a county may impose upon such providers for such activities.

## 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/hb2588_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2588_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2588_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: Thursday, February 1, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 116 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2024-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 32 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Fagg, Senator Petersen and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 26 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 113 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Engrossed on Friday, April 5, 2024
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 18, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a4e0178-0e4c-4f57-ad50-cd9420e74f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).