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IntroducedJan 31, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 18, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2025
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Became LawApr 10, 2025
Kansas House Bill
Updating the Kansas national guard educational assistance act to include dependents of national guard members and the Kansas national guard educational master's for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program to include other advanced degrees.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2025: Law effective July 1, 2025
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2185
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Educationsponsor
- Lt. Col. Keith Marshall on behalf of the Adjutant General's OfficeRequester
Votes
YES: 112
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Rep. Barth
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Daniel Hawkins
- Dale Helwig
- Rep. Hill
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Rep. Miller
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Rep. Penn
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Rep. Thompson
- Adam Turk
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Valdenia Winn
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
ABSTAIN: 1
YES: 39
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Craig Bowser
- Sen. J. Claeys
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Marci Francisco
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Sen. Ware
- Kellie Warren
NO: 1
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 10, 2025 | House
- Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Law effective July 1, 2025
- Mar 24, 2025 | House
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 24, 2025
- Mar 19, 2025 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1
- Mar 18, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education
- Mar 10, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, March 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S event
- Feb 20, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2025 | House
- Engrossed on Monday, February 17, 2025
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 112, Nay 6, Absent 6
- Feb 17, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 13, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N event
- Jan 31, 2025 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Education
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee on Education - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee on Education - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (Thu, Feb 13, 2025)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (Thu, Feb 13, 2025)HTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Wed, Mar 12, 2025)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Wed, Mar 12, 2025)HTML
- House · Committee on Education, Feb 6, 2025: Minutes
- House · Committee on Education, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Elaine Frisbie, Vice President for Finance & Administration, Kansas Board of Regents
- House · Committee on Education, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Lt. Col. Jacob McElwee, The Adjutant General's Department
- House · Committee on Education, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor,, Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 10, 2025: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 10, 2025: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 10, 2025: Testimony by Elaine Frisbie, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Kansas Board of Regents
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 10, 2025: Testimony by Michael Kelly, President, Kansas Council of Chapters, Military Officers Assn. of America
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 10, 2025: Testimony by Lt. Col. Keith Marshall, Chief of Government and Legislative Affairs, The Adjutant General's Department
