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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting public utilities from exercising eminent domain for the siting or placement of solar generation facilities."
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description: "Prohibiting public utilities from exercising eminent domain for the siting or placement of solar generation facilities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 455"
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citation: "Kansas SB 455 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2024-02-06"
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last_action: "2024-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab77cb8-108c-4e67-a157-72d34cf01662"
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source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb455/"
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source_hash: "cab89689fb416a3586d4fe4ac4349656dab487a0e2f3e99be9cfd320e0f83000"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas SB 455 (2023-2024) — Prohibiting public utilities from exercising eminent domain for the siting or placement of solar generation facilities.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb455_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb455_02_0000.pdf)
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3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb455_01_0000.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb455_enrolled.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
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- **2024-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 29 Nay: 8 `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-12** Hearing: Thursday, March 14, 2024, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
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- **2024-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 107 Nay: 16 `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
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- **2024-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Delperdang, Representative Turner and Representative Ohaebosim appointed as conferees
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- **2024-04-03** Conference committee report now available
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- **2024-04-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 22, 2024 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ab77cb8-108c-4e67-a157-72d34cf01662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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