---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a mural honoring the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment."
description: "Directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a mural honoring the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Kansas SB 39 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49ab595e-8ed5-4cd3-8eb6-0c7791a0d1ae"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb39/"
source_hash: "869889241b5225f4706a2e25a373a08931ed9b4f55c855400379abab838bbb35"
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 39 (2023-2024) — Directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a mural honoring the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment.

## 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/sb39_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb39_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-01-31** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2023-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Veterans and Military `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 6, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Approved by Governor on Monday, March 13, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49ab595e-8ed5-4cd3-8eb6-0c7791a0d1ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).