Legislative News

KS State Capitol 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.

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2026 Legislative Session

The House Committee on Water meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m.

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Upcoming Legislative Committee Meetings Concerning Water

Jan 13, House Water Committee, 9am: Kansas Water Authority Annual Report presentation and Kansas Water Office update

Jan 15, House Water Committee, 9am: Division of Water Resources update and City of Wichita presentation.

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
HB 2063	Establishing various conservation funds, allocating state moneys for conservation, requiring reports to the Governor and legislature, and authorizing fund transfers and providing for the use of such funds by the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.	Hearing in H. Agriculture and Natural Resources during 2025 Session.
HB 2113	Transferring $5,000,000 each July 1 to match federal funding for soil conservation districts, providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the State General Fund to the State Water Plan Fund and sunsetting such enhancements and the Water Technical Assistance Fund and the Water Project Grant Fund on July 1, 2028.	Passed by House	Referred to S. Ways and Means
HB 2095	Establishing a pump installation contractor license and requiring additional examination, qualification and record-keeping requirements for licensed pump installation contractor and water well contractors.	Recommended Favorable for Passage as Amended
HB 2114	Authorizing the Chief Engineer to adopt rules and regulations under the watershed district act and concerning fees and inspections of dams.	Hearing in H. Agriculture and Natural Resources during 2025 Session.
HB 2112	Requiring water supply system and wastewater treatment facility operator certification examination fees to not exceed the costs for such exams and eliminating the certification of operators through correspondence courses.	Recommended Favorable for Passage as Amended
HB 2153	Specifying when boards of directors for irrigation districts of 35,000 or more acres may conduct board member elections by mail ballot and establishing the terms for such members.	Hearing in H. Agriculture and Natural Resources during 2025 Session.
HB 2345	Creating the Kansas office of natural resources within the executive branch and transferring certain duties of the Kansas water office, and the department of agriculture, division of conservation and division of water resources to such office.	Referred to the H. Water Committee

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