republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/hb-2498.md

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Bill	Prohibiting governmental entities from prohibiting the wearing of tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at public events.	Prohibiting governmental entities from prohibiting the wearing of tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at public events.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2498	Kansas HB 2498 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Representative Victors	2	18	2	2018-01-18	2018-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/abb63f5f-2e86-4074-ad4a-f263d5c244f4	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2498	45e2c4e3087a518e8ccb7c1364f294dd7fa921f92069b46967afdcdf182fb1a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2498 (2017-2018) — Prohibiting governmental entities from prohibiting the wearing of tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at public events.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled - Law effective April 05, 2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Action - Passed; — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed; — 122–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Representative Victors — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-19 Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
• 2018-01-25 Hearing: Thursday, February 01, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
• 2018-02-14 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2018-02-21 Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-02-21 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
• 2018-03-06 Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-13 Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
• 2018-03-14 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-14 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2018-03-15 Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-03-20 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-26 Approved by Governor on Monday, March 26, 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abb63f5f-2e86-4074-ad4a-f263d5c244f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).