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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 18, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 12, 2026
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Became LawApr 09, 2026
Kansas Senate Bill
Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee.
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Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Summary
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- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairssponsor
Votes
YES: 40
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Craig Bowser
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Marci Francisco
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Scott Hill
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Silas Miller
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Caryn Tyson
- Kellie Warren
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 114
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
YES: 123
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Mike Storm
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Valdenia Winn
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
YES: 38
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Marci Francisco
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Scott Hill
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Silas Miller
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Caryn Tyson
- Kellie Warren
NO: 1
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
- Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2
- Mar 16, 2026 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Shannon Francis, Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson appointed as conferees
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Petersen, Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 4, Absent 6
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Transportation
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S event
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Transportation; Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation (Thu, Feb 12, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation (Thu, Feb 12, 2026)HTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation (Tue, Mar 10, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation (Tue, Mar 10, 2026)HTML
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Tue, Mar 24, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Tue, Mar 24, 2026HTML
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 9, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 9, 2026: Testimony by Representative Ohaebosim, Amendment # 1
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 9, 2026: Testimony by Representative Anderson, Amendment # 2
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 3, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Chris Waggoner, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Jason Watkins, President, Watkins Public Strategies
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Ty Dragoo, Director & Chair, SMART - TD
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Wendi Stark, Legislative Liaison, League of Kansas Muncipalities
- House · Committee on Transportation, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Wendi Stark, Legislative Liaison, Safe Kids
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Adam Siebers, Staff Revisor, —
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Anne Marie Yatsula, Staff Atty, The League of KS Municipalities
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Heather Schroeder, Exec. Dir., Downtown Wichita
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Jason P. Watkins, on behalf of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by John Rolfe, President & CEO, Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Lon Smith, Director, Great Plains Transportation Museum
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, —
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Susie Santo, President & CEO, Visit Wichita
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Ty Dragoo, Director & Chairman, SMART-TD, KS Legislative Board
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Tom Bruno, President, Bruno & Associates
