---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating portions of K-96 highway as the PFC Henry Lee Fisher memorial highway and the 96th Infantry Division memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 69 as the Ken W Brock memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 81 as the Merle Miller memorial highway and a portion of United States highway 281 as the first responders memorial highway, redesignating a current portion of the American Legion memorial highway for United States highway 281 and redesignating a current portion of the Frank Carlson memorial highway for United States highway 81, designating bridge No. 160-96-293.72 in Sumner county as the SrA Derek Scott Martin memorial bridge and designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive and the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad."
description: "Designating portions of K-96 highway as the PFC Henry Lee Fisher memorial highway and the 96th Infantry Division memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 69 as the Ken W Brock memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 81 as the Merle Miller memorial highway and a portion of United States highway 281 as the first responders memorial highway, redesignating a current portion of the American Legion memorial highway for United States highway 281 and redesignating a current portion of the Frank Carlson memorial highway for United States highway 81, designating bridge No. 160-96-293.72 in Sumner county as the SrA Derek Scott Martin memorial bridge and designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive and the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2481"
citation: "Kansas HB 2481 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seiwert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daf50715-4582-4d0a-ade5-cc15cf7f9ea9"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2481/"
source_hash: "29e284c9ff5821eed37b76536993d50289846daeedc53c848af1452ea7877db7"
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 2481 (2023-2024) — Designating portions of K-96 highway as the PFC Henry Lee Fisher memorial highway and the 96th Infantry Division memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 69 as the Ken W Brock memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 81 as the Merle Miller memorial highway and a portion of United States highway 281 as the first responders memorial highway, redesignating a current portion of the American Legion memorial highway for United States highway 281 and redesignating a current portion of the Frank Carlson memorial highway for United States highway 81, designating bridge No. 160-96-293.72 in Sumner county as the SrA Derek Scott Martin memorial bridge and designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive and the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad.

## 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/hb2481_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2481_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2481_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2481_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Seiwert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 `filing`
- **2024-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: Monday, January 29, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2024-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** Engrossed on Thursday, February 15, 2024
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Hearing: Thursday, February 29, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-07** Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-03-27** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Kloos and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Reengrossed on Thursday, April 4, 2024
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 18, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daf50715-4582-4d0a-ade5-cc15cf7f9ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).