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IntroducedJan 22, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Permitting highway construction and maintenance vehicles in road construction zones to display flashing amber, white or green lights at all times or flashing white and blue lights under certain conditions.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 16, 2026: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Senate Calendar: General Orders
Position: 9
Summary
Comments on HB 2522
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Transportationsponsor
- Michael White on behalf of the Kansas Contractors AssociationRequester
Votes
YES: 118
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- 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
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Transportation
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 4
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Essex
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Essex was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Transportation
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Anne Marie Yatsula, Staff Atty, The League of KS Municipalities (HB2522 Pro Wo)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Colin Solsberg, Dir of Safety, Bettis Companies (HB2522 Pro Verbal)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Ed Klumpp, Legislative Liaison, KS Assoc. of Chiefs of Police, KS Sheriffs Assoc and KS Peace Officers (HB2522 Pro Wo)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Kevin Shelton, President, C-Hawkk Construction (HB2522 Pro Verbal)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Michael White, Exec. Dir., KS Constractors Assoc. (HB2522 Pro Verbal)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Joel Skelly, Dir of Pol, KDOR (HB2522 Pro Verbal)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Adam Siebers, Staff Revisor, (HB2522 Bill Explainer)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Michael White, Executive Director, Kansas Contractors Association (Verbal Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Colin Solsberg, Director of Safety, Bettis Companies (Verbal proponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Kevin Shelton, President,, C-Hawkk Construction LLC (Verbal proponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Joel Skelley, Director, Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) (Verbal proponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Ed Klumpp, Legislative Liaison, Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, Kansas Sheriffs Association, Kansas Peace Officers Association (Verbal Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Wendi Stark, Legislative liaison, League of Kansas Municipalities (Verbal Neutral Testimony)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Chris Waggoner, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor Statutes (Bill Brief HB2522)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Chris Waggoner, Assistant Revisor (Office of Revisor of Statutes)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Steve Hewitt, Chief Executive Officer, Kansas Turnpike Authority (written proponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Roy Wise, Lieutenant (Kansas Highway Patrol)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Mark Engholm, State Fire Marshall, State Fire Marshall Kansas (written opponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Chief Executive Officer, Kansas Turnpike Authority (written only proponent)
- Senate Committee on Transportation, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by State Fire Marshall, State Fire Marshall Kansas (written only opponent)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
