Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

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.

Enacted Last action March 23, 2026: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026

Plain-language summary

HB 2477 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Committee on Water. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Water.