SESSION OF 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2167
As Amended by Senate Committee on
Transportation

Brief*
HB 2167, as amended, would add two exceptions to law
requiring a license plate to be attached to the rear of a motor
vehicle. The bill would allow concrete mixer trucks the option
to display a license plate on the front of the vehicle rather
than on the rear of the vehicle and would require a dump
truck with a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more to display
a license plate on the front of the vehicle. The requirement for
a dump truck to display a license plate on the front of the
vehicle would not apply to a vehicle registered as a farm
truck.
The bill would require a law enforcement officer to issue
a warning citation to anyone in violation of the new dump
truck license plate location requirement until January 1, 2022.

Background
HB 2167 was introduced by the House Committee on
Transportation at the request of Representative Proehl.
[Note: Provisions of HB 2167, as introduced, are the
same as those for 2020 SB 390, as passed by the Senate.]


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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
House Committee on Transportation
In the House Committee hearing, representatives of the
American Concrete Company, Inc., the Kansas Motor
Carriers Association, and the Kansas Ready Mixed Concrete
Association provided proponent testimony.
Proponents stated having the option to display a license
plate on the front of a concrete mixer truck would decrease
instances of the license plate being damaged or lost, and
fewer replacement plates would need to be purchased as a
result. Proponents also stated the bill would release dump
truck operators from a Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration safety regulation requiring a working light on a
rear-mounted license plate.
No other testimony was provided.

Senate Committee on Transportation
In the Senate Committee hearing, representatives of the
Kansas Motor Carriers Association and the Kansas Ready
Mixed Concrete Association provided proponent testimony. A
representative of the American Concrete Company, Inc.,
provided written-only proponent testimony.
The Senate Committee amended the bill to exempt a
vehicles registered as a farm truck from the requirement that
a license plate on a dump truck be displayed on the front of
the vehicle.

Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill as introduced, the Department of
Revenue indicates the bill would have no fiscal effect on the
agency.
Transportation; concrete mixer trucks; dump trucks; license plates

2- 2167


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 8-133
As Amended by Senate Committee: 8-133
Enrolled: 8-133