---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol and establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund."
description: "Authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol and establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "Kansas SB 479 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alley", "Baumgardner", "Billinger", "Bowers", "Claeys", "Corson", "Dietrich", "Doll", "Erickson", "Fagg", "Faust-Goudeau", "Francisco", "Gossage", "Haley", "Hawk", "Hilderbrand", "Holland", "Holscher", "Kerschen", "Kloos", "Longbine", "Masterson", "McGinn", "O'Shea", "Olson", "Petersen", "Pettey", "Pittman", "Pyle", "Ryckman", "Straub", "Suellentrop", "Sykes", "Thompson", "Tyson", "Ware", "Warren", "Wilborn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/834862aa-d470-42e8-b329-b04cfd77fbc4"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb479"
source_hash: "890c658fad0dc310606b7be9bb71ae75ecc972d18b8bb15841b35ba54f19f508"
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 479 (2021-2022) — Authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol and establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund.

## 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/sb479_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb479_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective April 21, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb479_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alley — primary (person)
- Baumgardner — primary (person)
- Billinger — primary (person)
- Bowers — primary (person)
- Claeys — primary (person)
- Corson — primary (person)
- Dietrich — primary (person)
- Doll — primary (person)
- Erickson — primary (person)
- Fagg — primary (person)
- Faust-Goudeau — primary (person)
- Francisco — primary (person)
- Gossage — primary (person)
- Haley — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)
- Hilderbrand — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Holscher — primary (person)
- Kerschen — primary (person)
- Kloos — primary (person)
- Longbine — primary (person)
- Masterson — primary (person)
- McGinn — primary (person)
- O'Shea — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Petersen — primary (person)
- Pettey — primary (person)
- Pittman — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Ryckman — primary (person)
- Straub — primary (person)
- Suellentrop — primary (person)
- Sykes — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tyson — primary (person)
- Ware — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Wilborn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Hearing: Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2022-03-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2022-03-08** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Monday, March 14, 2022, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Arnberger and Representative Ruiz, L. appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-31** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 1, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 11, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/834862aa-d470-42e8-b329-b04cfd77fbc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).