republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2023-2024/hb-2481.md

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Bill	Designating portions of K-96 highway as the PFC Henry Lee Fisher memorial highway and the 96th Infantry Division memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 69 as the Ken W Brock memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 81 as the Merle Miller memorial highway and a portion of United States highway 281 as the first responders memorial highway, redesignating a current portion of the American Legion memorial highway for United States highway 281 and redesignating a current portion of the Frank Carlson memorial highway for United States highway 81, designating bridge No. 160-96-293.72 in Sumner county as the SrA Derek Scott Martin memorial bridge and designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive and the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad.	Designating portions of K-96 highway as the PFC Henry Lee Fisher memorial highway and the 96th Infantry Division memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 69 as the Ken W Brock memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 81 as the Merle Miller memorial highway and a portion of United States highway 281 as the first responders memorial highway, redesignating a current portion of the American Legion memorial highway for United States highway 281 and redesignating a current portion of the Frank Carlson memorial highway for United States highway 81, designating bridge No. 160-96-293.72 in Sumner county as the SrA Derek Scott Martin memorial bridge and designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive and the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2023-2024	HB 2481	Kansas HB 2481 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Seiwert	4	27	0	2024-01-08	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/daf50715-4582-4d0a-ade5-cc15cf7f9ea9	http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2481/	29e284c9ff5821eed37b76536993d50289846daeedc53c848af1452ea7877db7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2481 (2023-2024) — Designating portions of K-96 highway as the PFC Henry Lee Fisher memorial highway and the 96th Infantry Division memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 69 as the Ken W Brock memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 81 as the Merle Miller memorial highway and a portion of United States highway 281 as the first responders memorial highway, redesignating a current portion of the American Legion memorial highway for United States highway 281 and redesignating a current portion of the Frank Carlson memorial highway for United States highway 81, designating bridge No. 160-96-293.72 in Sumner county as the SrA Derek Scott Martin memorial bridge and designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive and the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad.

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 House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Seiwert — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled for Introduction on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 filing
• 2024-01-08 Introduced introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Hearing: Monday, January 29, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
• 2024-02-06 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2024-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2024-02-15 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2024-02-15 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 passage
• 2024-02-16 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2024-02-16 Engrossed on Thursday, February 15, 2024
• 2024-02-19 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Hearing: Thursday, February 29, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
• 2024-03-07 Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
• 2024-03-14 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2024-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2024-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2024-03-20 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 Petersen, Senator Kloos and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
• 2024-04-03 Conference committee report now available
• 2024-04-03 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 passage
• 2024-04-03 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 passage
• 2024-04-05 Reengrossed on Thursday, April 4, 2024
• 2024-04-05 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-25 Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 18, 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daf50715-4582-4d0a-ade5-cc15cf7f9ea9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).