---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating certain bridges on U.S. highway 69 and 18th street expressway in Johnson county as the Representative Robert M Tomlinson memorial bridge, a bridge on interstate 135 in Sedgwick county as the Don Snyder memorial bridge, a portion of interstate 35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway, a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway, a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for interstate 35."
description: "Designating certain bridges on U.S. highway 69 and 18th street expressway in Johnson county as the Representative Robert M Tomlinson memorial bridge, a bridge on interstate 135 in Sedgwick county as the Don Snyder memorial bridge, a portion of interstate 35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway, a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway, a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for interstate 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "Kansas SB 321 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2471", "HB 2579", "HB 2605", "Roads and Highways"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0d2919-d6ba-4235-99e2-45dfc4b56700"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB321/"
source_hash: "92aac9b336119e08f0c675e7cc05b3bc0f0884fe6153829136ceb680be3ef308"
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 321 (2025-2026) — Designating certain bridges on U.S. highway 69 and 18th street expressway in Johnson county as the Representative Robert M Tomlinson memorial bridge, a bridge on interstate 135 in Sedgwick county as the Don Snyder memorial bridge, a portion of interstate 35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway, a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway, a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for interstate 35.

## 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/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_321/sb321_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_321/sb321_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_321/sb321_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_321/sb321_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (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
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
- **2026-03-24** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3
- **2026-03-23** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-17** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Shannon Francis, Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-17** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Petersen, Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson
- **2026-03-17** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to House Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a0d2919-d6ba-4235-99e2-45dfc4b56700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).