# Kansas HB 2477: Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes.

Kansas HB 2477, Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Water; status signed, last action 2026-03-20 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2477
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-03-20, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Water
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on agriculture and natural resources, house committee on water
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (287 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Water

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 124 Nay: 0 | pass | 124 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 124 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2026-03-20: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-13: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 13, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Consent Calendar Passed (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2026-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Water (House)
- 2026-01-29: Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N (House)
- 2026-01-20: Introduced (House)
- 2026-01-20: 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_2477/hb2477_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2477/hb2477_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_2477/hb2477_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2477/hb2477_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2477-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).