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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 18, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 13, 2026
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Became LawApr 09, 2026
Kansas House Bill
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.
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House • Apr 09, 2026: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Summary
Comments on HB 2507
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Sponsors
Votes
YES: 122
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 1
YES: 120
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Winn
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 4
- Mar 26, 2026 | Senate
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 29 Nay: 11
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Senator Peck, Senator Alley and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Kessler , Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer as conferees
- Mar 13, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 2
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 2
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Thu, Mar 26, 2026PDF
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Senator Virgil Peck, (HB2507 - Amendment)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Revisor (HB2507)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Testimony by Representative Will Carpenter, (HB2507)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Testimony by Stuart Schrag, Deputy Secretary, KDWP (HB2507)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kurt Ratzlaff, Private citizen (Written only proponent HB2507)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Martin DeBoer, Chief of Staff, Kansas Wildlife and Parks (Oral proponent HB2507)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kyle Hamilton, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (HB2507 brief)
- Conference Committee Report
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs

