---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Kansas commission for the United States semiquincentennial."
description: "Establishing the Kansas commission for the United States semiquincentennial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2712"
citation: "Kansas HB 2712 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0648b7c8-44be-42f9-bd5d-a9dc72311426"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2712"
source_hash: "c4fff004db8e669cf14fe188a13c94c3749c16809ce683b899e6bc05ee7a4297"
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 2712 (2021-2022) — Establishing the Kansas commission for the United States semiquincentennial.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2712_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2712_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **119–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Hearing: Thursday, March 3, 2022, 9:00 AM Room 112-N
- **2022-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-18** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing: Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 8:00 AM Room 548-S
- **2022-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 7, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0648b7c8-44be-42f9-bd5d-a9dc72311426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).