republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2539.md

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Bill	Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions.	Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2539	Kansas HB 2539 (2025-2026)	bill	Elections Libraries	enacted	Lance W. Neelly Mike Amyx	4	19	0	2026-01-26	2026-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/80b73383-d05e-49c3-8a7b-85127c7464f6	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2539/	1980953d35e742f1805b22949867ae38148c1aacca91ae0da3ae22c4aba45bdf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2539 (2025-2026) — Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions.

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 on Local Government (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Lance W. Neelly — primary (person)
• Mike Amyx — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-09 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-26 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
• 2026-03-25 Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
• 2026-03-24 Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 89, Nay 34, Absent 2
• 2026-03-24 Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Elaine Bowers, Sen. Ronald Ryckman and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
• 2026-03-23 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Emil Bergquist, Rep. Doug Blex and Rep. Linda Featherston
• 2026-03-19 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 3 passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-03-17 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2026-02-25 Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
• 2026-02-19 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 96, Nay 26, Absent 3 passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-02-17 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Local Government committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-26 Referred to House Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80b73383-d05e-49c3-8a7b-85127c7464f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).