---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing distinctive license plates for special Olympics Kansas, choose life, the city of Wichita, the Korean war, operation desert storm, operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom."
description: "Providing distinctive license plates for special Olympics Kansas, choose life, the city of Wichita, the Korean war, operation desert storm, operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2599"
citation: "Kansas HB 2599 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1972638-0372-4a05-bba2-5d23f1a76d60"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2599"
source_hash: "36aaa81c448ae617e4668ccec286d874b98ac53240f6fc37a5ef148e89031501"
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 2599 (2017-2018) — Providing distinctive license plates for special Olympics Kansas, choose life, the city of Wichita, the Korean war, operation desert storm, operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom.

## 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/hb2599_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2599_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2599_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2599_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2599_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **36–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **120–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **117–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Landwehr `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Landwehr was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Hearing: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 36 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Goddard and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-06** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 120 Nay: 0
- **2018-04-06** Reengrossed on Friday, April 6, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Saturday, April 21, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1972638-0372-4a05-bba2-5d23f1a76d60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).