---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring drivers to proceed with due caution when passing stationary vehicles displaying hazard warning lights."
description: "Requiring drivers to proceed with due caution when passing stationary vehicles displaying hazard warning lights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Kansas SB 8 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ae22b5b-757c-4520-b5ca-a61451747e44"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB8/"
source_hash: "77d066ffd1ffb5dc5060285a018091bf8a73122ef5da42d6bf4462510b08a09e"
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 8 (2025-2026) — Requiring drivers to proceed with due caution when passing stationary vehicles displaying hazard warning lights.

## 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/sb_8/sb8_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_8/sb8_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **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
- **2025-03-10** Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to House Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Consent Calendar Passed
- **2025-01-28** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ae22b5b-757c-4520-b5ca-a61451747e44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).