---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel."
description: "Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2433"
citation: "Kansas HB 2433 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barb Wasinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72f62e4e-9399-457c-b821-8717d0f122d8"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2433/"
source_hash: "91c018255435d73b50e3b8c93c8378b7e98531c25b9a50cfccb3c30eb33ed5d9"
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 2433 (2025-2026) — Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel.

## 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/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2433_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2433/hb2433_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barb Wasinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-23** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- **2026-03-13** Final Action - Passed; Yea 36, Nay 3, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Michael Murphy was rejected
- **2026-03-12** Sen. Dinah Sykes raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Michael Murphy
- **2026-03-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-10** Final Action - Passed; Yea 116, Nay 6, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-13** Withdrawn from House Committee on Local Government; Referred to House Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to House Committee on Water `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 9, 2026 `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72f62e4e-9399-457c-b821-8717d0f122d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).