---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing certain water rights in a water bank to participate in multi-year flex accounts on a temporary basis."
description: "Authorizing certain water rights in a water bank to participate in multi-year flex accounts on a temporary basis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Kansas SB 205 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2881477-a52a-419e-ab16-56b00453546f"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb205/"
source_hash: "ef9e8f0d2535ecbb1bff630b0f6f55334a2477d335211842324b1e971471d3f1"
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 SB 205 (2023-2024) — Authorizing certain water rights in a water bank to participate in multi-year flex accounts on a temporary basis.

## 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/sb205_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb205_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb205_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb205_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `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: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Water `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Hearing: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 218-N
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Water `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`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 24, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2881477-a52a-419e-ab16-56b00453546f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).