# Kansas SB 403: Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates, restricting the use of material or objects covering a license plate for motor vehicles and modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act. Kansas SB 403, Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates, restricting the use of material or objects covering a license plate for motor vehicles and modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Transportation; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB403-2025-2026 - 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 403 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates, restricting the use of material or objects covering a license plate for motor vehicles and modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-27 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Transportation - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on transportation, senate committee on transportation - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (527 yes, 71 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More outcomes count against commercial drivers: cost, medium. The law broadens what counts as a conviction under Kansas commercial driver licensing rules. It includes court or agency findings of guilt or legal violations that have not been overturned. Listed forfeitures, guilty or no-contest pleas, fine or cost payments, and release-condition violations also… - Drivers face tighter license plate rules: mixed, low. Drivers cannot display or drive with a required Kansas plate covered by material that affects its visibility or reflectivity. This includes clear, opaque, or plastic-like material. Frames and other objects cannot interfere with required visibility or readability. Plates must be securely fastened at… - New wildlife plates carry yearly fees: mixed, low. Kansas residents who own or lease eligible vehicles get three new specialty plate choices. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever plates begin July 1, 2026, subject to the director of vehicles' approval. Delta Waterfowl plates begin January 1, 2027. Eligible vehicles are passenger vehicles and trucks… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Transportation ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 37 Nay: 2 | pass | 37 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 105 Nay: 13 | pass | 105 | 13 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 102 Nay: 20 | pass | 102 | 20 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 37 | 2 | | | 2026-03-24 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 102 | 20 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 105 | 13 | | ## Actions (20) - 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 37, Nay 2, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-24: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 102, Nay 20, Absent 3 (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 105, Nay 13, 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) - 2026-02-26: Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2026-02-11: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-02-11: Referred to House Committee on Transportation (House) - 2026-02-10: Consent Calendar Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2026-01-27: 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/sb403_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_403/sb403_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_403/sb403_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/sb403_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_403/sb403_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_403/sb403_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-SB403-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).