---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating a portion of United States highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the purple heart/combat wounded veterans highway for United States highway 75."
description: "Designating a portion of United States highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the purple heart/combat wounded veterans highway for United States highway 75."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2615"
citation: "Kansas HB 2615 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2542", "Roads and Highways"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe11b205-7bda-4b8c-87e0-6ab77e9b2212"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2615/"
source_hash: "e3b93600a78aed6bc6857de9d2aae08fd1aa1d891e324338fc8e8948a4dcfa88"
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 2615 (2025-2026) — Designating a portion of United States highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the purple heart/combat wounded veterans highway for United States highway 75.

## 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/hb_2615/hb2615_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2615/hb2615_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2615/hb2615_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed on Wednesday, March 25, 2026
- **2026-03-24** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2
- **2026-03-24** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2026-03-24** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-18** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Petersen, Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-18** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Shannon Francis, Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson
- **2026-03-17** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** Referred to House Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe11b205-7bda-4b8c-87e0-6ab77e9b2212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).