Legislative News
The Kansas Water Office (KWO), as the primary water planning agency, provides support to the Governor and Legislature on water resource issues.
Among its other duties, the Kansas Water Authority (KWA) advises the Governor and Legislature on water policy issues and priorities for funding the State Water Plan.
Both KWO and KWA provide legislative testimony throughout the session on relevant bills before the Kansas House and Senate Committees.
For text, status and testimony for all bills, please select here.
For House/Senate Committee info, please select here.
2023 Legislative Session
The House Committee on Water meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m.
Watch it LIVE.
Find the playlist of recorded committee meetings here.
Legislative Presentations 2023
House Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee
House Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee
House Water Committee
Budget Presentation
Upcoming Legislative Committee Meetings Concerning Water:
No Meetings Currently Scheduled
Tracking Legislative Bills Concerning Water:
Find a list of water-related bills and their statuses below.
| Bill Number | Subject | First Chamber Action | Second Chamber Action | Most Recent Action |
| SB 120 | KDHE; Water Infrastructure Projects; Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund | Passed | Passed | Signed into Law |
| HB 2047 | KDHE; Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund | Passed; Amended by Committee | ||
| HB 2159 | KDHE; Regulation of Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Water Wells; Water Program Management Fund; Regulation of Underground Injection Control Wells | |||
| HB 2142 | Get Lead out of Drinking Water Act | |||
| HB 2279 | Groundwater Management Districts; Annual Written Reports; Water Conservation and Stabilization Plans | Passed; Amended by Committee | Passed; Amended by Committee | Signed into Law |
| SB 136 | Tax Credit for Installation of Certain Water Conservation Systems in Newly Constructed Houses | |||
| HB 2302 | Modifying the distribution of moneys into the state water plan fund, creating the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund for water-related infrastructure projects and distributing a portion of the revenue from the sales and compensating use tax to the state water plan fund | Passed; Amended by Committee | Passed; Amended by Committee | Signed into Law |
| SB 205 | Water Banks: Multi-year Flex Accounts | Passed; Amended by Committee | Passed; Amended by Committee | Signed into Law |
| HB 2459 | Prohibiting Change of the Point of Diversion of a Water Right if such Change Causes the Safe Yield of the Source of Water Supply to be Exceeded |
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