# Kansas SB 353: Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee. Kansas SB 353, Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB353-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 353 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on transportation, senate committee on transportation, senate committee on federal and state affairs - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (630 yes, 10 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Possible admission fees for railroad hall ceremonies: cost, low. The Kansas railroad hall of fame committee may charge admission for induction ceremonies. Fees can cover all or part of ceremony costs or other hall expenses. The law sets no fee amount and does not require a fee. Fees must go into a hall account, and spending requires a majority committee vote. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 123 Nay: 0 | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 114 Nay: 4 | pass | 114 | 4 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 1 | pass | 38 | 1 | | | 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 38 | 1 | | | 2026-03-24 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 114 | 4 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | ## Actions (23) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-24: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-03-16: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Shannon Francis, Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson appointed as conferees (House) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-03-12: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2026-03-12: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 4, Absent 6 (House) - 2026-03-12: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Petersen, Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation (House) - 2026-03-03: Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2026-02-24: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Transportation (House) - 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Transportation; Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Transportation: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb353_02_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_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 Amended by House Committee on Transportation (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb353_02_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_353/sb353_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-SB353-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).