---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Lehigh Portland state park and exempting disabled veterans from certain requirements and fees relating to hunting and fishing licenses."
description: "Designating Lehigh Portland state park and exempting disabled veterans from certain requirements and fees relating to hunting and fishing licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2039"
citation: "Kansas HB 2039 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waymaster"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21069d84-b4a4-4a03-b91b-be877c20e42b"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2039/"
source_hash: "840e7755620f25286c201828af98412f2a862e9b26d4f6ea158e75b1ddde1d4c"
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 2039 (2023-2024) — Designating Lehigh Portland state park and exempting disabled veterans from certain requirements and fees relating to hunting and fishing licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2039_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2039_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2039_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 27, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2039_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **114–9** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waymaster — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2023-02-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Veterans and Military `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed on Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Senator Erickson, Senator Dietrich, and Senator Holland are appointed to replace Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman, and Senator Ware on the Conference Committee
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 114 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21069d84-b4a4-4a03-b91b-be877c20e42b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).