---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the expiration of permits issued under the water pollution control permit system from five to 10 years."
description: "Extending the expiration of permits issued under the water pollution control permit system from five to 10 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2085"
citation: "Kansas HB 2085 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba5d95ce-a7d6-4aa6-b848-db3f6ca44f05"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2085/"
source_hash: "a76742346d1d1ffbf275b4d838d0d851ebe1b08b1ac21d234492b2149aef7cd6"
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 2085 (2025-2026) — Extending the expiration of permits issued under the water pollution control permit system from five to 10 years.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2085/hb2085_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2085/hb2085_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
- **2025-03-18** Consent Calendar Passed
- **2025-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-02-11** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Water `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23** Referred to House Committee on Water `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba5d95ce-a7d6-4aa6-b848-db3f6ca44f05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).