---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2172 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing the water program task force to evaluate the state's water program and funding for such program and requiring the task force to establish a water planning work group and submit a report the legislature and the governor."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2172 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing the water program task force to evaluate the state's water program and funding for such program and requiring the task force to establish a water planning work group and submit a report the legislature and the governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2172"
citation: "Kansas HB 2172 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/343cf4e7-f850-41f2-952a-11a0f2a28d06"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2172/"
source_hash: "8c1681ca6dcd51380577bf89003f2c7b3a91b66852c28fac267dce1c51fb6127"
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 2172 (2025-2026) — Senate Substitute for HB 2172 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing the water program task force to evaluate the state's water program and funding for such program and requiring the task force to establish a water planning work group and submit a report the legislature and the governor.

## 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_2172/hb2172_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2172/hb2172_01_0000.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2172/hb2172_03_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2172/hb2172_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2172/hb2172_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** Law effective April 24, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 116, Nay 8, Absent 1
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Ken Rahjes, Rep. Jim Minnix and Rep. Lindsay Vaughn
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Engrossed on Monday, February 24, 2025
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 109, Nay 12, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Ken Rahjes was adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Ken Rahjes
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/343cf4e7-f850-41f2-952a-11a0f2a28d06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).