SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2029
As Amended by House Committee on
Transportation
Brief*
HB 2029, as amended, would designate as the Rep
Marvin S Robinson Memorial Highway a portion of K-5 in
Wyandotte County, from North 18th Street to North 38th
Street and would remove the portion of I-635 that shares a
route with K-5 from designation as the Harry Darby Memorial
Highway.
The bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to
place suitable signs to indicate the designations once,
pursuant to continuing law, sufficient moneys have been
received from gifts and donations for the cost of placing such
signs, plus an additional 50 percent of the initial cost to defray
costs for future maintenance or replacement of the signs.
Background
The bill was introduced by Representative Penn and 109
others.
House Committee on Transportation
In the House Committee hearing, Representative Penn,
Representative Ballard, and Representative Robinson’s
brother provided proponent testimony. The Mayor of the
Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City,
Kansas, provided written-only proponent testimony. The
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ proponents described Representative Robinson’s
commitment to public service, which included service in the
U.S. Navy, on various local boards, and as a Kansas state
legislator in 2023 and 2024, and his efforts to preserve the
historical Quindaro site in Wyandotte County.
No other testimony was provided.
The House Committee amended the bill to change
“Representative Marvin S Robinson II Memorial Highway” to
“Rep Marvin S Robinson Memorial Highway.”
Fiscal Information
No fiscal information was available when the House
Committee took action on the bill.
Memorial highway; state representative; Quindaro
2- 2029