---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee."
description: "Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "Kansas SB 353 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Commissions and Task Forces", "Economic Development", "Named Acts", "SB 366"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c82cc04-0b64-4a59-8971-49e32cd11ad4"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB353/"
source_hash: "e1f3298e3d6c288f6ba2f1f2975884750afc592054fa98e2dc1353fe9a294c67"
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 SB 353 (2025-2026) — Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee.

## 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/sb_353/sb353_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — 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
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1
- **2026-03-24** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2
- **2026-03-24** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-16** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Shannon Francis, Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-12** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Petersen, Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson
- **2026-03-12** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 4, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to House Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Transportation; Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c82cc04-0b64-4a59-8971-49e32cd11ad4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).