---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing the capitol preservation committee to approve plans for a memorial honoring Emil Joseph Kapaun."
description: "Directing the capitol preservation committee to approve plans for a memorial honoring Emil Joseph Kapaun."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Kansas SB 431 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blasi", "Bowers", "Wilborn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e9473ce-4776-42e7-addf-01d6b7c4b16a"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb431/"
source_hash: "928401eb59a490b66876ac706b27621bc30293e47889d00ab400ca239e75b54a"
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 431 (2023-2024) — Directing the capitol preservation committee to approve plans for a memorial honoring Emil Joseph Kapaun.

## 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/sb431_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb431_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blasi — primary (person)
- Bowers — primary (person)
- Wilborn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2024-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2024-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Veterans and Military `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 22, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e9473ce-4776-42e7-addf-01d6b7c4b16a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).