republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/hb-2597.md

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Bill	Local government; Sedgwick county designated as urban area, role of mayor clarified, county authority over election commissioners extended.	Local government; Sedgwick county designated as urban area, role of mayor clarified, county authority over election commissioners extended.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2597	Kansas HB 2597 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted		4	26	4	2018-02-01	2018-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/6eea7c7a-99bf-4b2b-826a-c8c4838eac59	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2597	3c1b5897c4b8f151ec5ccc7ca068d604813474044ace4d83a1b078bd69fdde52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2597 (2017-2018) — Local government; Sedgwick county designated as urban area, role of mayor clarified, county authority over election commissioners extended.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 29–10 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed; — 121–1 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 90–30 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-01 Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-01 Hearing: Thursday, February 08, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N - CANCELLED
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
• 2018-02-14 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government 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: 121 Nay: 1 passage
• 2018-02-21 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Hearing: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 142-S
• 2018-03-20 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Fitzgerald amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Fitzgerald was adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended passage
• 2018-03-27 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 passage
• 2018-03-28 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2018-03-29 Motion to accede adopted; Senator Bowers, Senator Fitzgerald and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
• 2018-04-05 Conference committee report now available
• 2018-04-06 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 29 Nay: 10 passage
• 2018-04-06 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 90 Nay: 30 passage
• 2018-04-06 Engrossed on Friday, April 6, 2018
• 2018-04-26 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 16, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-04-26 Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6eea7c7a-99bf-4b2b-826a-c8c4838eac59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).