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type: "Bill"
title: "Removing the requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the face of each such stamp and increasing the fees for such stamps, authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks and providing an exception from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act for department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation."
description: "Removing the requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the face of each such stamp and increasing the fees for such stamps, authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks and providing an exception from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act for department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2507"
citation: "Kansas HB 2507 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2505", "HB 2568", "Wildlife and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Will Carpenter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c5af21-7076-4a57-8cda-3e5cc5ba2bf0"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2507/"
source_hash: "ae750a1789709da40145795e11a175991131905977a34be6d8106e7310e1f993"
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 2507 (2025-2026) — Removing the requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the face of each such stamp and increasing the fees for such stamps, authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks and providing an exception from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act for department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2507/hb2507_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2507/hb2507_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2507/hb2507_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Will Carpenter — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-04-09** Engrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 120, Nay 4, Absent 1
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 11
- **2026-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-17** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-17** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer
- **2026-03-13** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 2, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed; Yea 122, Nay 2, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19c5af21-7076-4a57-8cda-3e5cc5ba2bf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).