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Yes: 315 • No: 5
KansasSB 3532025–2026 Regular SessionSenate
Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee.
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Signed by Governor
transportationfederal and state affairs
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Official hall at Wichita railroad museum
The Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita is the official site for the Kansas Railroad Hall of Fame. The committee must provide public displays at the museum or nearby for plaques, photos, and other inductee materials. It can place printed metal signs with photos and short bios on public property or in rights-of-way, working with local officials. The Kansas Department of Transportation helps with siting these displays when asked. The committee must also run a website or webpage, which may be hosted with the museum, to share inductees, displays, ceremonies, and how to nominate.
Who qualifies and how to nominate
The committee can induct people who worked in Kansas for a sanctioned railroad, worked in Kansas making rail cars, locomotives, or railroad products, or were otherwise deeply involved in Kansas rail work. A nominee must have made a significant contribution to rail service in Kansas or to preserving Kansas rail history. Any person may submit a nomination. The form must include the nominee’s contact (or next of kin), the nominator’s contact and relationship, and about a 1,000-word statement on how the nominee meets the rules. The committee may research nominees, ask for more information, and share decision materials with the public, but protected personal information does not have to be disclosed.
Committee to run railroad hall of fame
The law creates the Kansas Railroad Hall of Fame Selection Committee. It includes ex officio members from the Wichita museum and the state historical society, plus appointees from the governor, the senate president, the house speaker, a rail union, and the Kansas Railroad Association. The committee elects a chair, vice chair, and treasurer each year. Meetings are open to the public, held at the museum if possible, and members may vote remotely if the public can observe. A museum-board appointee serves while on that board, a former board member serves four years, and other appointed members serve two-year terms. Appointing authorities may remove their appointees, and no one may serve more than two consecutive terms, including partial terms. Members do not get paid, but the committee may reimburse their meeting and duty expenses from available funds.
Funding, events, and possible ceremony fees
The committee can ask for and accept gifts, grants, donations, services, or property for hall of fame work. The treasurer deposits money in a committee account, keeps records, and spending needs a majority vote. The committee may sign contracts with public or private groups, including the museum, to do its work. It holds induction ceremonies at least once a year, around the same date, at the museum or nearby. Ceremonies include awards and may include food or entertainment. The committee can charge attendance fees to cover event or other hall costs. Any fees go into the committee account and are spent under its rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 114 Nay: 4
Yes: 114 • No: 4
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 38 Nay: 1
Yes: 38 • No: 1
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 123 Nay: 0
Yes: 123 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
4/9/2026SenateApproved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
4/9/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 1
3/27/2026SenateConference committee report now available
3/24/2026HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0
3/24/2026HouseMotion to accede adopted; Representative Francis, Representative Essex and Representative Helgerson appointed as conferees
3/16/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/12/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/12/2026HouseEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 4
3/12/2026HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Petersen , Senator Klemp and Senator Corson as conferees
3/12/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
3/10/2026HouseHearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
3/3/2026HouseReceived and Introduced
2/24/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Transportation
2/24/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
2/18/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/17/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/17/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
2/12/2026SenateHearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
2/11/2026SenateWithdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to Committee on Transportation
2/2/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
1/22/2026SenateIntroduced
1/21/2026Senate
Bill Text
As Amended by House Committee
As Amended by Senate Committee
As introduced
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