---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring milk processors to hold payments in trust for milk producers until full payment is received, with funds in escrow considered held in trust."
description: "Requiring milk processors to hold payments in trust for milk producers until full payment is received, with funds in escrow considered held in trust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2254"
citation: "Kansas HB 2254 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e2cf244-9328-4395-a3ce-fc461dcde05e"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2254/"
source_hash: "68861b08fbbf067d0c544200234b85a07de45a92ada555c07b1160d846e26e56"
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 2254 (2025-2026) — Requiring milk processors to hold payments in trust for milk producers until full payment is received, with funds in escrow considered held in trust.

## 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_2254/hb2254_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_2254/hb2254_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2254/hb2254_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — 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`
- **2025-02-26** 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** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-20** 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`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e2cf244-9328-4395-a3ce-fc461dcde05e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).