2025 Kansas Legislative Recap – Bill Tracker
This table comprises health-related bills from the 2025 legislative session. The bill tracker accompanies the 2025 Legislative Recap issue brief. Special thanks to Kansas Legislative Research Department staff for their contributions to this publication.
Behavioral Health Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 101 | Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: HB 2140 | |||
| HB 2140 | Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position | Passed | Stricken from Calendar | Related bill: SB 101 | ||
| HB 2221 | Creating a new fund within the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) for alcohol and drug abuse treatment, transferring funds and liabilities to the fund, and abolishing a corresponding Kansas Department of Corrections fund | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed | Signed |
| HB 2236 | Creating the Mental Health Intervention Team (MHIT) Program Act under KDADS, codifying the program in statute; authorizing KDADS to approve providers; creating funding mechanisms for schools and mental heath providers | Passed | ||||
| HB 2249 | Authorizing the Secretary for KDADS to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care; establishing the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Signed; Related bills: SB 82, HB 2365 |
| HB 2365 | Establishing the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as amended | Died in Conference; Related bill: HB 2249 |
Budget Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 14 | Establishing a system of continuing appropriation by which existing appropriations would carry forward into the subsequent fiscal year unless the Legislature adjusts them | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Veto overridden |
| SB 125 | Making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for state agencies | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Signed with 31 line item vetoes, see budget summary in KHI’s 2025 Kansas Legislative Recap (pages 6-7) for details |
Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 111 | Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile’s parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code | No hearing | Related bill: HB 2179 | |||
| SB 132 | Establishing certain license fees and training requirements, creating a process for daily care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the Secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas Office of Early Childhood and separating licensing duties between the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Executive Director of Early Childhood | No hearing | Related bill: Sub for HB 2294 | |||
| SB 135 | Providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the Protection from Abuse Act | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Signed |
| SB 145 | Requiring immediate notification of a report of abuse or neglect to a law enforcement agency and providing for law enforcement agencies to request resources from the Secretary of DCF | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| SB 186 | Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child’s image or generated without any actual child involvement | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed | Signed; Related bill HB 2183 |
| HB 2045 | Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the Secretary of KDHE to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas Office of Early Childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the Director of Early Childhood | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Second CCR adopted; Signed; Related bill: Sub for HB 2294 |
| HB 2062 | Providing for child support to be calculated from the date of conception, requiring the court to consider the value of a qualified retirement account in determination of child support orders, eliminating the exemption of such accounts from claims to collect child support; allowing a personal exemption for any unborn child for the purposes of income taxation | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed, as further amended | CCR adopted; Veto overridden |
| HB 2075 | Determining when law enforcement may take a child under 18 into custody for suspected abuse or neglect; adding procedure for law enforcement to report suspected abuse or neglect to the Secretary for DCF for the purposes of initating an investigation; establishing new requirements for frequency of permanency hearings under the Revised Code for the Care of Children | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as further amended | CCR adopted; Signed |
| HB 2104 | Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts | Passed | Withdrawn from calendar | |||
| Sub for HB 2132 | Modifying the definition of neglect in the revised Kansas Code for Care of Children, prohibiting the removal of a child from such child’s home due solely to a lack of financial resources, requiring that facts of imminent harm due to a lack of financial resources and demonstration of more than one fact of the lack of financial resources; permitting the court to consider the participation of parents in services when determining whether a child would be removed from the child’s home; modifying the definition of neglect | Passed substitute bill | ||||
| HB 2175 | Requiring the Secretary of DCF to notify the parents of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect or has been removed from the home by a law enforcement officer; requiring an agreement between DCF and the parent of a child when the child is removed from the home during investigation; requiring DCF to complete a written report when an investigation is closed and permitting a parent to withhold certain information, such as medical and mental health records unless otherwise ordered by a court | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| HB 2179 | Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile’s parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code | Passed | Stricken from Calendar | Related bill: SB 111 | ||
| HB 2183 | Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child’s image or generated without any actual child involvement | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as amended | Died in Conference; Related bill SB 186 |
| Sub for HB 2294 | Establishing the Kansas Office of Early Childhood with oversight of all funds, programs and policies related to early childhood care services provided in Kansas | Passed, as amended | Passed substitute bill | No action | Related bills: SB 132, HB 2045 | |
| HB 2311 | Prohibiting the Secretary of DCF from adopting, implementing or enforcing certain policies with respect to who can be considered for selection as out-of-home or adoptive placement, custody or appointment as permanent or SOUL custodian for a child in need of care that may conflict with sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; creating a right of action for violations | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as amended | Veto overridden |
| HB 2325 | Authorizing judges to commit juvenile offenders to detention for technical violations of probation, increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and increasing criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: HB 2329 | |||
| HB 2329 | Increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders, providing for increased placement of offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities, requiring the Secretary of Corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements and authorizing the Secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | No action | Related bill: HB 2325 |
Insurance Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 41 | Adding advanced practice registered nurses to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| HB 2043 | Requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the Commissioner of Insurance within 14 calendar days | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as amended | Died in Conference Committee |
| HB 2050 | Renaming the Kansas Insurance Department as the Kansas Department of Insurance | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Signed |
| HB 2245 | Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the Division of the State Employee Health Benefits Plan of the Department of Administration to the Insurance Department, establishing the Commissioner of Insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas State Employees Health Care Commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the Commissioner of Insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | No action |
KanCare Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 151 | Requiring the Secretary of KDHE to request a waiver from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration | No hearing | ||||
| SB 161 | Requiring legislative approval prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal government that expands eligibility for any public assistance program or increases cost to the state or making certain changes in services for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities | Passed as amended | Passed as amended | No action | ||
| SB 257 | Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans (HAWK) Act | No hearing | Related bill: 2375 | |||
| SB 271 | Updating income eligibility requirements for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program | No hearing | Related bill: 2386 | |||
| SB 284 | Relating to the federal 340B drug program; enacting the Defense of Drug Delivery Act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution | Passed as amended | Passed as amended | No action | ||
| HB 2284 | Requiring the Department of Administration to adopt written policies regarding the negotiated procurement of contracted Medicaid services provided by managed care organizations | Passed as amended | Passed as amended | Passed | Passed | Veto overridden |
| HB 2314 | Directing the Secretary of KDADS to expand and establish peer support specialist certifications and the Secretary of KDHE to pursue a Medicaid code for telehealth services provided by peer support specialists | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| HB 2375 | Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans (HAWK) Act | No hearing | Related bill: 257 | |||
| HB 2386 | Updating income eligibility requirements for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program | Hearing, no vote | Related bills: SB 271, H Sub for SB 126 |
Licensing/Scope of Practice Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 30 | Requiring the adoption of new occupational licensing requirements and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by joint resolution of the Legislature unless otherwise ratified by the Legislature and a procedure for legislative review of such occupational licensing requirements | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; related bills: SB 229, HB 2342 |
| Sub for SB 67 | Authorizing registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe, procure and administer drugs consistent with the registered nurse anesthetist’s education and qualifications | Passed substitute bill | Substitute bill passed | Substitute bill passed | Substitute bill passed | Signed |
| SB 128 | Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney | Passed | Passed | Passed | Stricken from Calendar | |
| SB 175 | Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed | Signed |
| SB 228 | Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the Secretary of KDADS | No hearing | Related bill: HB 2184 | |||
| SB 229 | Providing for occupational licensing annual reports to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations and requiring that adoption of new occupational licenses and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by joint resolution of the Legislature | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | No action | Related bill: SB 30 | |
| SB 276 | Removing the state fire marshal from the Adult Care Home Licensure Act and the Providers of Disability Services Act and requiring the state fire marshal to complete training in person-centered care and responding to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and intellectual and developmental disabilities | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| SB 291 | Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements | No hearing | Related bill: HB 2223 | |||
| HB 2039 | Clarifying the definition of home health agency for the purposes of credentialing; clarifying authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians, and emergency medical responders; adding certain maternity centers to the definition of health care provider for purposes of the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Signed; Related bills: HB 2280 |
| HB 2068 | Enacting the cosmetology compact to provide interstate practice privileges | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Died in Conference; Related bills: HB 2219, HB 2069 |
| HB 2069 | Enacting four multistate licensure compacts: the School Psychologist Compact, the Dietitian Compact, the Cosmetologist Licensure Compact and the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as further amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Signed; Related bills: HB 2070, HB 2068 |
| HB 2070 | Enacting the dietitian licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dietitians | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: HB 2069 | |
| HB 2184 | Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the Secretary of KDADS | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: SB 228 | |||
| HB 2219 | Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for physician assistants | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Hearing, no vote | Related bills: H Sub for SB 126, HB 2068 | |
| HB 2223 | Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements | Passed | Passed | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: SB 291 | |
| HB 2244 | Modifying the composition of the Board of Pharmacy and prohibiting the Board from adopting rules and regulations that would limit or condition the use of telepharmacy | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| HB 2266 | Enacting the advanced practice registered nurse licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for advanced practice registered nurses | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| HB 2368 | Providing for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants | Hearing, no vote |
Public Assistance Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 79 | Directing the Secretary of DCF to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed | Veto sustained; Related bill: HB 2015; Proviso to require waiver to be submitted was adopted in SB 125 |
| SB 85 | Directing the Secretary of DCF to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: HB 2360 | |
| SB 254 | Prohibiting persons who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law | Passed, as amended | Related bill: HB 2373 | |||
| HB 2015 | Directing the Secretary of DCF to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance | Passed, as amended | Stricken from Calendar | Related bill: SB 79 | ||
| HB 2027 | Reorganizing subsections within the public assistance statute (K.S.A. 39-709) pertaining to eligibility requirements for the cash assistance program (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF), the food assistance program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP), and the child care subsidy program | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed | Became law without Governor’s signature |
| HB 2101 | Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting an ordinance or enforcing a resolution that establishes or provides for the operation of a guaranteed income program that uses tax revenue unless the Legislature, by an act, expressly consents to and approves of such program; rendering any such prohibited ordinance or resolution adopted prior to July 1, 2025, null and void | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Became law without Governor’s signature |
| HB 2217 | Expanding the scope of the Inspector General to include the audit, investigation and performance review of all state cash, food and health assistance programs; granting the Inspector General the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed | Veto overridden |
| S Sub for HB 2240 | Prohibiting state agencies, on and after July 1, 2025, from seeking or implementing any public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal government that would expand eligibility for any public assistance program or would increase any cost to the State without legislative approval; prohibiting certain changes to services for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities without the express consent or approval of either the Legislature or the Legislative Coordinating Council | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed substitute bill | Substitute bill passed | Second CCR adopted; Veto overridden |
| HB 2360 | Directing the Secretary of DCF to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: SB 85 | |||
| HB 2373 | Prohibiting persons who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: SB 254 |
State Agency Authority Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 19 | Enacting the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act to prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse medical care and creating a civil cause of action based on such discrimination and revoking the authority of the Secretary of KDHE to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| SB 222 | Prohibiting deference to a state agency’s interpretation of a statute, rule or regulation or document by a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: HB 2183 | |
| HB 2307 | Transferring authority over the prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs from KDHE to the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities; creating the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Programs Fund; directing one-time $25,000 transfer from the state general fund to the new fund on July 1, 2025 | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed | Signed |
Tax Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 179 | Establishing a child income tax credit | Hearing, no vote | Motion to withdraw from committee failed | Related bills: HB 2210, HB 2232 | ||
| HB 2081 | Providing a sales tax exemption for community pharmacies serving medically underserved individuals and families | Hearing, no vote | ||||
| HB 2163 | Providing for the Preceptor Income Tax Incentive Act, establishing an income tax credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students. | Passed as amended | No action | |||
| HB 2210 | Establishing a child income tax credit | No hearing | Related bill: SB 179, HB 2232 | |||
| HB 2211 | Providing funding for STAR bond districts to replace lost food sales tax revenue | Hearing, no vote |
Other Bills
| Bill | Bill Summary | Originating Committee | Originating Chamber Vote | Opposite Committee | Opposite Chamber Vote | Governor/ Other Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Exempting the State of Kansas from daylight saving time but providing for moving to permanent daylight saving time upon an act of Congress requiring such move. | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | No hearing | ||
| SB 3 | Requiring KDHE to audit hospital compliance with the Lay Caregiver Act and report the results of such audit to the Legislature | Hearing, no vote | Related Bill: HB 2002 | |||
| SB 20 | Providing for a reduction in membership for the Health Care Provider Insurance Availability Board of Directors from nine members to five members | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Motion to accede adopted; Related bill: HB 2050 |
| Sub for SB 29 | Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of infectious or contagious disease | Passed substitute bill | Substitute bill passed | Substitute bill passed, as amended | Substitute bill passed, as amended | Veto overridden |
| SB 63 | Enacting the Help Not Harm Act, prohibiting health care providers from providing certain treatments to a child who has a perceived gender or perceived sex that is different than the child’s biological sex; prohibiting recipients of state funds, including the Kansas Medicaid program and its managed care organizations, from using such funds to provide or subsidize the prohibited treatment; prohibiting recipients of state funds for the treatment of children for psychological conditions from prescribing, dispensing or administering medication as defined in the bill; prohibiting performing surgery or providing a referral to another health care provider for the identified medication or surgery for a child whose perceived gender or perceived sex is inconsistent with the child’s sex; defining that a health care provider in violation of the Act would be engaged in unprofessional conduct | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Skipped committee | Passed, as amended | Veto overridden; Related bill: HB 2071 |
| SB 76 | Requiring employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student’s biological sex and birth certificate and authorizing a cause of action for violations therefor | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Stricken from Calendar | |
| SB 82 | Authorizing the Secretary of KDADS to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care. | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Related bills: HB 2249 |
| SB 88 | Requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care | Passed | Passed | Passed | Passed | Signed |
| H Sub for SB 126 | Establishing an advance universal newborn screening program, providing for the reimbursement of certain treatment services and increasing transfer of moneys to the Kansas newborn screening fund; increasing state financial assistance for local health departments and increasing annual assessment rate on hospital providers | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed substitute bill | Passed substitute bill | CCR adopted; Signed |
| Sub for SB 193 | Exempting law enforcement agencies from the Statewide Opioid Antagonist Protocol requirements to utilize a physician medical director or licensed pharmacist unless the agency was electing to use an emergency opioid antagonist dispensed or furnished pursuant to the Protocol | Passed substitute bill | Substitute bill passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Signed |
| SB 250 | Creating the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act; authorizing a manufacturer operating in an eligible facility to make available individualized investigative treatments; allowing individuals with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses to request an individualized investigational drug, biologic product or device from such manufacturers | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | CCR adopted; Became law without Governor’s signature |
| SB 275 | Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: S Sub for HB 2382 | |||
| HB 2002 | Requiring KDHE to audit hospital compliance with the Lay Caregiver Act and report the results of such audit to the Legislature | No hearing | Related bill: SB 3 | |||
| HB 2052 | Updating cross references in the Personal and Family Protection Act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Signed |
| HB 2071 | Enacting the Help Not Harm Act to restrict the use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibit healthcare providers from providing gender transition treatments to a child whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child’s sex, authorize a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, require professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment and prohibit professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians | Passed, as amended | Stricken from Calendar | Related Bill: SB 63 | ||
| Sub for HB 2172 | Creating a 16-member Water Program Task Force and a five-member Water Planning Work Group to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on water policy and funding; requiring a preliminary report on or before Jan. 31, 2026, and a final report on or before Jan. 31, 2027, to certain legislative committees and the Governor | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Substitute bill passed | Substitute bill passed as amended | Signed |
| HB 2246 | Enacting the Consumer Protection Related to Hospital Price Transparency Act | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | No action | ||
| HB 2248 | Establishing the Kansas nursing initiative grant program and authorizing the state Board of Regents to approve need-based or competitive grants for the expansion of nursing faculty, laboratory supplies and tools for student success at postsecondary educational institutions | Passed, as amended | Withdrawn from Calendar | Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations, rereferred to Committee on Higher Education Budget | ||
| HB 2250 | Increasing the annual assessment rate on hospital providers | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: H Sub for SB 126 | |||
| HB 2274 | Removing the active requirement from military servicemembers for occupational licensure | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | No action | Related bill: HB 2280 |
| HB 2280 | Adding a citation to the Code of Federal Regulations to the definition of veteran and disabled veteran and removing the active requirement from military service members for occupational licensure | Passed | Passed | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Signed; Related bill HB 2274 |
| HB 2339 | Enhancing adult care home services by providing for adult care home workforce development through scholarships for part-time nursing students and setting minimum education levels for instructors at nursing schools, establishing an intergenerational child care program to enhance the adult care home environment by supporting adult care homes offering child care services through the awarding of grants by the Secretary of KDHE and creating the intergenerational child care fund and authorizing the Secretary to administer the fund | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: HB 2392 | |||
| HB 2359 | Enacting the uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act and the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Other Protective Arrangements Act | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed | Passed | Signed |
| S Sub for HB 2382 | Requiring school districts that offer courses or other instruction regarding human growth, human development or human sexuality to include a human fetal development presentation; allowing the State Board of Education to establish the rates of compensation that board members receive for regularly scheduled meetings of the Board and any other in-state meeting for participation in matters of educational interest to the State | Passed, as amended | Passed, as amended | Passed substitute bill | Substitute bill passed | Second CCR adopted; Veto overridden: Related bill: SB 275 |
| HB 2392 | Facilitating nursing workforce development by setting education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval | Passed | Passed, as amended | Motion to reconsider adopted; Withdrawn from Calendar; Related bill: HB 2339 | ||
| HB 2397 | Increasing state financial assistance for local health departments under certain circumstances | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: H Sub for SB 126 | |||
| HB 2399 | Establishing an advance universal newborn screening program, providing for the reimbursement of certain treatment services and increasing transfer of moneys to the Kansas newborn screening fund | Hearing, no vote | Related bill: H Sub for SB 126 |
Note: Joint Rule 4, subsections (e), (f) and (g) of the Joint Rules of the House and Senate determine which bills carry over to the 2026 session,
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