---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the wildlife and parks commission, granting appointment authority to multiple state officers and authorizing the election of the chairperson thereof."
description: "Relating to the wildlife and parks commission, granting appointment authority to multiple state officers and authorizing the election of the chairperson thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2530"
citation: "Kansas HB 2530 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06a8681-cfc4-4e69-bd37-4f49967fa5df"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2530/"
source_hash: "9a9f1221efadd4c87fe028c515266174618159078fc3b58c05ce1e41e6f06008"
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 2530 (2023-2024) — Relating to the wildlife and parks commission, granting appointment authority to multiple state officers and authorizing the election of the chairperson thereof.

## 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/hb2530_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2530_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2530_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 16, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2530_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: Monday, January 29, 2024, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2024-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Engrossed on Friday, February 9, 2024
- **2024-02-21** Hearing: Thursday, February 29, 2024, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-03-27** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Longbine, Senator Fagg and Senator Holscher appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-26** Representative Carpenter, W., Representative Kessler, and Representative Hoye are appointed to replace Representative Sutton, Representative Penn, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee
- **2024-04-26** Senator Peck and Senator Ware are appointed to replace Senator Longbine and Senator Holscher on the Conference Committee
- **2024-04-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 21 Nay: 18 `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 78 Nay: 45 `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Reengrossed on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 10, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e06a8681-cfc4-4e69-bd37-4f49967fa5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).