---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license."
description: "Establishing the Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2456"
citation: "Kansas HB 2456 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Awerkamp", "Barker", "Corbet", "Croft", "Ellis", "Highland", "Houser", "Mason", "Seiwert", "Tarwater"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63f0f5c0-9342-4fe9-8e66-ec3ddc22f534"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2456"
source_hash: "dd88170538436457e7a47e10dee74e16a14d113bd929cf67be8d485d68c00845"
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 2456 (2021-2022) — Establishing the Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2456_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2456_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2456_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2456_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2456_02_0000.pdf)
6. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2456_04_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **117–4** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **93–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Awerkamp — primary (person)
- Barker — primary (person)
- Corbet — primary (person)
- Croft — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Highland — primary (person)
- Houser — primary (person)
- Mason — primary (person)
- Seiwert — primary (person)
- Tarwater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, November 12, 2021 `filing`
- **2022-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Hearing: Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 118-N
- **2022-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carpenter, W. `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carpenter, W. was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 22, 2022
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Hearing: Monday, March 7, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Peck `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Peck was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-31** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-03-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 93 Nay: 20 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Reengrossed on Friday, April 1, 2022
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63f0f5c0-9342-4fe9-8e66-ec3ddc22f534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).