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SB 211 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Modifying member appointments to the wildlife and parks commission, authorizing the commission to direct the secretary to develop or report on rules and regulations and allowing members to submit potential rules and regulations to the commission.

SB 211 modifies how the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission is appointed and streamlines its process for developing rules. It allows commission members to directly submit proposed rules to the commission and authorizes the commission to direct the secretary to develop or report on new rules. The bill does not change wildlife policies but updates the commission's internal procedures for rule-making. This affects commission members, the secretary of the department, and the public by clarifying how rules affecting parks and wildlife are proposed and reviewed.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Last action Mar 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources → {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill's header was updated to reflect amendments by the Senate Committee of the Whole. The most significant substantive change is a modification to the appointment criteria for commission members, clarifying that no more than two members can be from the same fish and wildlife administration region while adding 'at-large' to specify the nature of these regional seats. The rest of the text remains largely unchanged, though some formatting inconsistencies and typos were preserved in the new version.
ELIGIBILITY

The requirement for commission member appointments was updated to specify that no more than two 'at-large' members shall be from the same fish and wildlife administration region, clarifying the regional representation limits.

TECHNICAL

The document header was changed from 'As Amended by Senate Committee' to 'As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole' to reflect the current legislative stage.

Page numbering and footer text were updated to reflect the new amendment version (SCW instead of SC).

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Not passed; Yea 17, Nay 23
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.