---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting the transport of cotton bales from the secured load requirements under certain conditions."
description: "Exempting the transport of cotton bales from the secured load requirements under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2160"
citation: "Kansas HB 2160 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f9b2cf1-5581-4b12-9e0e-eb8a9991c689"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2160/"
source_hash: "51be653bc63b258eeb507421c455e83bf755398e77b91a182b10f5bc25cd66fe"
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 2160 (2023-2024) — Exempting the transport of cotton bales from the secured load requirements under certain conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2160_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2160_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2160_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2160_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **121–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments; — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing: Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- **2023-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Withdrawn from Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 118 Nay: 0
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 7, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f9b2cf1-5581-4b12-9e0e-eb8a9991c689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).