---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing that Kansas highway patrols officers majors are to be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and a superintendent, assistant superintendent or major shall be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank held when the officer was appointed to such respective position."
description: "Providing that Kansas highway patrols officers majors are to be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and a superintendent, assistant superintendent or major shall be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank held when the officer was appointed to such respective position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2261"
citation: "Kansas HB 2261 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a82ddc0-cd39-4189-9be2-b0ee6fc22232"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2261/"
source_hash: "5280734f065da60c655026ef7a4b6c1cbbd74dcdd40371637fb9b6f6b25ce55b"
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 2261 (2025-2026) — Providing that Kansas highway patrols officers majors are to be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and a superintendent, assistant superintendent or major shall be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank held when the officer was appointed to such respective position.

## 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_2261/hb2261_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2261/hb2261_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Law effective July 1, 2025
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-14** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 14, 2025
- **2025-03-06** Consent Calendar Passed
- **2025-02-27** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to House Committee on Transportation `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/9a82ddc0-cd39-4189-9be2-b0ee6fc22232`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).