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HB2471 • 2026

Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.

Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died on Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.

Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.

What This Bill Does

  • Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died on Calendar

  2. 2026-03-18 Senate

    Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Petersen , Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees

  3. 2026-03-18 House

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Shannon Francis , Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson

  4. 2026-03-17 Senate

    Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0

  5. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  6. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  7. 2026-03-11 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation

  8. 2026-03-10 Senate

    Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S event

  9. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation

  10. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Received and Introduced

Official Summary Text

Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.

Current Bill Text

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As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2471
By Committee on Transportation
Requested by Representative Schmoe
1-20
AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of
interstate 35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway; redesignating
a current portion of the 35 th infantry division memorial highway for
interstate 35; amending K.S.A. 68-1013 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. The portion of interstate 35 from the northern
junction with United States highway 59 in Franklin county, then south to
the junction with Eisenhower road, is hereby designated as the deputy Sam
Smith memorial highway. Upon compliance with K.S.A. 68-10,114, and
amendments thereto, the secretary of transportation shall place suitable
signs along the highway right-of-way at proper intervals to indicate that
the highway is the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 68-1013 is hereby amended to read as follows: 68-
1013. That portion of federal-interstate highway No. 35 which traverses
the state interstate 35 where interstate 35 enters the state on the Kansas-
Missouri line, then south on interstate 35 to the northern junction with
United States highway 59 in Franklin county, then south on interstate 35
from the junction with Eisenhower road to the Kansas-Oklahoma state line
is hereby designated "as the 35th infantry division memorial highway."
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 68-1013 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book Kansas register.
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