---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning restrictions of state contracts with businesses engaged in anti-Israel boycotts."
description: "Concerning restrictions of state contracts with businesses engaged in anti-Israel boycotts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2482"
citation: "Kansas HB 2482 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f93735c-b2d0-4c7d-8f24-a8ffd4d3bf9b"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2482"
source_hash: "dac450912a25e33527500afcf530c38b5d1f2c83dfa20879c7f625dd0413feeb"
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 2482 (2017-2018) — Concerning restrictions of state contracts with businesses engaged in anti-Israel boycotts.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2482_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2482_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2482_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **75–47** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **36–1** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Olson was rejected — **7–32** (fail) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **88–32** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 75 Nay: 47 `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Olson `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Olson was rejected Yea: 7 Nay: 32 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-12** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Lynn, Senator Suellentrop and Senator Holland appointed as conferees
- **2018-03-29** Representative Barker, Representative Highland, and Representative Ruiz are appointed to replace Representative Mason, Representative Corbet, and Representative Whipple on the Conference Committee
- **2018-04-02** Senator Estes, Senator Olson, and Senator Faust-Goudeau are appointed to replace Senator Lynn, Senator Suellentrop, and Senator Holland on the Conference Committee
- **2018-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 32 `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Engrossed on Saturday, April 7, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f93735c-b2d0-4c7d-8f24-a8ffd4d3bf9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).