# Kansas HB 2433: Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel. Kansas HB 2433, Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Barb Wasinger (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-20 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2433-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2433 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-03-20, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 - Sponsor: Barb Wasinger (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on local government, house committee on local government, house committee on water - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (304 yes, 18 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Water users face fewer county rules: benefit, low. Kansas counties cannot require permits, fees, or other conditions for taking water for use or transferring water. County rules cannot conflict with, exceed, interfere with, or duplicate oversight by the state chief engineer or water transfer hearing panel. The ban covers existing and future county… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Barb Wasinger (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 36 Nay: 3 | pass | 36 | 3 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 116 Nay: 6 | pass | 116 | 6 | | | 2026-03-13 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 36 | 3 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 116 | 6 | | ## Actions (19) - 2026-03-20: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-17: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-13: Final Action - Passed; Yea 36, Nay 3, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Michael Murphy (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Sen. Dinah Sykes raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane. (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Michael Murphy was rejected (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Final Action - Passed; Yea 116, Nay 6, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-10: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2026-02-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Local Government (House) - 2026-01-28: Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N (House) - 2026-01-13: Withdrawn from House Committee on Local Government; Referred to House Committee on Local Government (House) - 2026-01-12: Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 9, 2026 (House) - 2026-01-12: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-12: Referred to House Committee on Water (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2433/hb2433_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2433/hb2433_enrolled.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2433/hb2433_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2433/hb2433_enrolled.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2433-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).