Highway Naming - Brig Gen George H Wark Memorial Highway
Summary
The Kansas House passed HB2615 designating a portion of U.S. Highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark Memorial Highway and redesignating another portion as the Purple Heart/Combat Wounded Veterans Highway. The bill received unanimous approval in both chambers and was presented to Governor Kelly on April 9, 2026.
What changed
Kansas HB2615 designates approximately 10 miles of U.S. Highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark Memorial Highway in honor of the military service member. The bill also redesignates the existing Purple Heart/Combat Wounded Veterans Highway designation to align with a different portion of U.S. Highway 75.
Kansas Department of Transportation and affected county governments should prepare signage updates for both designations once the bill takes effect. No penalties are associated with this legislation. The bill passed the Senate 40-0 and House 123-0 before enrollment.
What to do next
- Update highway signage to reflect Brig Gen George H Wark Memorial Highway designation
- Adjust Purple Heart/Combat Wounded Veterans Highway signage location
- Update official transportation maps and documentation
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Apr 4, 2026GovPing captured this document from the original source. If the source has since changed or been removed, this is the text as it existed at that time.
ChangeBridge / Kansas / HB2615 Enrolled HB2615 House Bill Enrolled 2026-04-09
Designating a portion of U.S. highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the purple heart/combat wounded veterans highway for U.S. highway 75.
Bill Details
State Kansas
Session 2025-2026 Regular Session
Chamber House
Official Source kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2...
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Transportation
Action History
2026-04-09 H House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 2026-03-26 H House Engrossed on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 2026-03-24 H House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 2026-03-24 S Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-03-24 S Senate Conference committee report now available 2026-03-18 S Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Klemp and Senator Corson appointed as conferees 2026-03-18 H House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Francis , Representative Essex and Representative Helgerson as conferees 2026-03-17 S Senate Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-03-16 S Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended 2026-03-16 S Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted 2026-03-11 S Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation 2026-03-05 S Senate Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 546-S 2026-02-18 S Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation 2026-02-17 S Senate Received and Introduced 2026-02-17 H House Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 2026-02-16 H House Committee of the Whole - Be passed 2026-02-11 H House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation 2026-02-10 H House Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 582-N 2026-02-02 H House Referred to Committee on Transportation 2026-02-02 H House Introduced
Votes
2026-02-17 House Final Action - Passed - Yea: 123 Nay: 0 Yea: 123 Nay: 0 2026-03-17 Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-03-24 Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-03-24 House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 123 Nay: 0 Yea: 123 Nay: 0
Committee Referrals
2026-02-02 H Transportation 2026-02-18 S Transportation
Amendments
2026-02-11 House Committee on Transportation Report 2026-03-24 Conference Committee Report
Bill Text Versions
2026-02-02 Introduced 0000-00-00 Amended Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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