Kansas House bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: enrolled. Latest action: March 13, 2026.
HB2477 - 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.
AN ACT concerning water; relating to the Kansas department of agriculture; requiring the department to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied-for diversions of water and requested changes of more than 300 feet; requiring any resulting orders to be posted on the department's official website; expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied-for diversions or changes; removing the requirement for such individual notice to be made by the department in conjunction with the applicable groundwater management district; amending K.S.A. 82a-745 and 82a-1906 and repealing the existing sections.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-13 | Status | enrolled |
| 2026-03-13 | Latest Action | Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 13, 2026 |