---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains."
description: "Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Kansas SB 97 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eb7487c-9a11-4c99-9111-a9d38350ae0e"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB97/"
source_hash: "4d276cb61ecdb754cdb06b108b2f45685e1418720954221a0a40adacd2f8d55a"
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 97 (2025-2026) — Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains.

## 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_97/sb97_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 27, 2025
- **2025-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 116, Nay 7, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eb7487c-9a11-4c99-9111-a9d38350ae0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).