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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Providing for the Kansas PBS distinctive license plate and discontinuing the issuance of certain distinctive and educational institution license plates.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2026: Died on Calendar
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2553
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Transportationsponsor
Votes
YES: 67
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Barbara Ballard
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Will Carpenter
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Ronald Ellis
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Nick Hoheisel
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Dan Osman
- Sandy Pickert
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Alexis Simmons
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 55
- John Alcala
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Pam Curtis
- Duane Droge
- Charlotte Esau
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Steven K. Howe
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Lynn Melton
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Melissa Oropeza
- Jarrod Ousley
- Lon Pishny
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Dawn Wolf
YES: 34
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- 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
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Silas Miller
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Kenny Titus
- Caryn Tyson
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Died on Calendar
- Mar 24, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Petersen, Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Shannon Francis, Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tim Shallenburger was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 34, Nay 6
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S event
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea 67, Nay 55, Absent 3
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Transportation
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteeHTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger (Thu, Mar 19, 2026)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger (Thu, Mar 19, 2026)HTML
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- 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 Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NotePDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation (Thu, Feb 12, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation (Thu, Feb 12, 2026)HTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation (Tue, Mar 17, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation (Tue, Mar 17, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Transportation, Feb 9, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Transportation, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Chris Waggoner, Assitant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Transportation, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Henry Hogstrum, President and CEO, Public Broadcasting System (PBS) of Kansas
- House · Committee on Transportation, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Chris Waggoner, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Transportation, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Victor Hogstrom, President and CEO, Public Broadcasting Systems Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Mar 12, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Valerie VanDerSluis, Chair KPBC, General Manager, KTWU
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Adam Siebers, Staff Revisor, —
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Representative Henry Helgerson, —
- Senate · Committee on Transportation, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Victor Hogstrom, President & CEO, PBS Kansas, Channel 8 Wichita
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