---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reorganizing the Clearwater cemetery district in Sedgwick county to remove Ohio township."
description: "Reorganizing the Clearwater cemetery district in Sedgwick county to remove Ohio township."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Kansas SB 396 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b39b156-65f4-422d-a984-820ca66ad68a"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB396/"
source_hash: "61f48f7e201d713c3a49db336bcc383bcb2325afbe1fa7fc917b75045fdb21c3"
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 396 (2025-2026) — Reorganizing the Clearwater cemetery district in Sedgwick county to remove Ohio township.

## 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_396/sb396_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_396/sb396_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
- **2026-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea 122, Nay 1, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13** Referred to House Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b39b156-65f4-422d-a984-820ca66ad68a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).