---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renaming Kansas state university polytechnic campus as Kansas state university Salina."
description: "Renaming Kansas state university polytechnic campus as Kansas state university Salina."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "Kansas SB 481 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be75cbbc-98db-410d-a232-19ba2c09e563"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb481/"
source_hash: "7a759b89c01c54a0ac271f4e4b379e0fd55b908a08e3ccd9f559733383b70043"
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 481 (2023-2024) — Renaming Kansas state university polytechnic campus as Kansas state university Salina.

## 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/sb481_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb481_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb481_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2024-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Higher Education Budget `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 29, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be75cbbc-98db-410d-a232-19ba2c09e563`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).