---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the affiliation of northwest Kansas technical college and north central Kansas technical college with Fort Hays state university."
description: "Authorizing the affiliation of northwest Kansas technical college and north central Kansas technical college with Fort Hays state university."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2290"
citation: "Kansas HB 2290 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1daca0f8-ec4d-4d52-b51a-7d70ab87bb16"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2290/"
source_hash: "563db13b9876a3e4241e981069a9ef52b839520abedc5106ca0115ea48049f9c"
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 2290 (2023-2024) — Authorizing the affiliation of northwest Kansas technical college and north central Kansas technical college with Fort Hays state university.

## 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/hb2290_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2290_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **121–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on Higher Education Budget `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing: Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 281-N - CANCELED
- **2023-02-15** Hearing: Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2023-02-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Higher Education Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 4, 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/1daca0f8-ec4d-4d52-b51a-7d70ab87bb16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).