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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2261: Providing that Kansas highway patrols officers majors are to be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and a superintendent, assistant superintendent or major shall be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank held when the officer was appointed to such respective position.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2261 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Providing that Kansas highway patrols officers majors are to be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and a superintendent, assistant superintendent or major shall be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank held when the officer was appointed to such respective position. Primary sponsor: Committee on Transportation. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2025): Law effective July 1, 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on TransportationPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Law effective July 1, 2025
  2. Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
  3. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 14, 2025
  4. Consent Calendar Passed
  5. Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
  6. Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
  7. Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6
  8. Received and Introduced
  9. Committee of the Whole - Be passed
  10. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation
  11. Introduced
  12. Referred to House Committee on Transportation

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source