---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act."
description: "Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Kansas SB 237 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2349"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edda4606-bd87-417a-8e40-f8e67c0dfbb9"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB237/"
source_hash: "f908adc6d52c8ab8112280dbe0fc1d612821047af93c33170254a844edde77ce"
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 237 (2025-2026) — Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_237/sb237_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_237/sb237_01_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb237_03_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_237/sb237_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_237/sb237_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-11** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 2
- **2025-04-10** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 121, Nay 3, Absent 1
- **2025-03-27** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 118, Nay 0, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Dan Osman was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Dan Osman
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kellie Warren was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren
- **2025-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edda4606-bd87-417a-8e40-f8e67c0dfbb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).