---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the time period for notice of excavations and permitting use of virtual whitelining for excavations."
description: "Extending the time period for notice of excavations and permitting use of virtual whitelining for excavations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2226"
citation: "Kansas HB 2226 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c308ee83-ab49-4ddf-86a8-b2c1fbef1544"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2226/"
source_hash: "ea46b6e7aac104768b16b70d59d14e908beb0addaefe5473c004d7587c3ec939"
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 2226 (2023-2024) — Extending the time period for notice of excavations and permitting use of virtual whitelining for excavations.

## 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/hb2226_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2226_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing: Thursday, February 9, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2023-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 31, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 7, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c308ee83-ab49-4ddf-86a8-b2c1fbef1544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).