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type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring railroads operating in Kansas to maintain minimum distances from the near-edge of railroad crossings to the storage of certain rolling stock on sidings."
description: "Requiring railroads operating in Kansas to maintain minimum distances from the near-edge of railroad crossings to the storage of certain rolling stock on sidings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2501"
citation: "Kansas HB 2501 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95af50ab-1af5-4e2a-abbd-5aa6d4e87f1d"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2501/"
source_hash: "33edf0dcd59377602037f429b7e211b4e0f0a2ea7c99224be3c95235b463262e"
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 2501 (2023-2024) — Requiring railroads operating in Kansas to maintain minimum distances from the near-edge of railroad crossings to the storage of certain rolling stock on sidings.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2501_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2501_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2501_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2501_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2024-02-09** 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: 110 Nay: 7 `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`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-07** Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 546-S - CANCELED
- **2024-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Kloos and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Reengrossed on Thursday, April 11, 2024
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95af50ab-1af5-4e2a-abbd-5aa6d4e87f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).