---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam, requiring post-construction permit fees and requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer."
description: "Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam, requiring post-construction permit fees and requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2114"
citation: "Kansas HB 2114 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Rules and Regulations", "Administrative", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/918d66aa-58ee-4eeb-a261-4b8a017fd619"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2114/"
source_hash: "de380bb11d1ce208c72d220bd8f8a46397ecc361372eed390184870eb93ae4ca"
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 2114 (2025-2026) — Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam, requiring post-construction permit fees and requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2114/hb2114_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2114/hb2114_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2114/hb2114_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2114/hb2114_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2114/hb2114_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-04-09** Engrossed on Wednesday, April 1, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 110, Nay 11, Absent 4
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
- **2026-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-26** Sen. Craig Bowser is appointed to replace Sen. Larry Alley on the Conference Committee
- **2026-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Ken Rahjes, Rep. Lance W. Neelly and Rep. Linda Featherston
- **2026-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Scott Hill was adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Scott Hill
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 103, Nay 13, Absent 9 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Withdrawn from House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to House Committee on Water `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/918d66aa-58ee-4eeb-a261-4b8a017fd619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).