---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending definitions concerning weights and measurers increasing minimum invoice fees, requiring licenses and education for service company operators and mandating annual device inspections, except for devices with a nominal capacity of 250 pounds or greater used in grain elevators; increasing the CREP acreage cap to 60,000 acres, clarifying eligibility and criteria, allowing exceptions for specific conditions and modifying reporting requirements to cover the last five years."
description: "Amending definitions concerning weights and measurers increasing minimum invoice fees, requiring licenses and education for service company operators and mandating annual device inspections, except for devices with a nominal capacity of 250 pounds or greater used in grain elevators; increasing the CREP acreage cap to 60,000 acres, clarifying eligibility and criteria, allowing exceptions for specific conditions and modifying reporting requirements to cover the last five years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2255"
citation: "Kansas HB 2255 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2111"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fbec90d-a37f-4574-8e9e-13b37134e0b3"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2255/"
source_hash: "3ec8baf865125a374cfc3a52d18e72615d2b8ff82f4b717f65b4dcaa95f657e4"
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 2255 (2025-2026) — Amending definitions concerning weights and measurers increasing minimum invoice fees, requiring licenses and education for service company operators and mandating annual device inspections, except for devices with a nominal capacity of 250 pounds or greater used in grain elevators; increasing the CREP acreage cap to 60,000 acres, clarifying eligibility and criteria, allowing exceptions for specific conditions and modifying reporting requirements to cover the last five years.

## Version chain

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

1. **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_2255/hb2255_01_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb2255_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2255/hb2255_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 Tuesday, April 8, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Reengrossed on Saturday, March 29, 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. Lance W. Neelly and Rep. Linda Featherston
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Engrossed on Thursday, February 20, 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 120, Nay 2, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **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`
- **2025-02-04** 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/2fbec90d-a37f-4574-8e9e-13b37134e0b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).