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IntroducedJan 15, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 18, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 18, 2026: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 81 Nay: 43
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 334
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Commercesponsor
- Senator Owens on behalf of LeadingAge KansasRequester
Votes
YES: 81
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Schmoe
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Steele
- Stiens
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
NO: 43
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Ballard
- Boatman
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- Carr
- Collins
- Curtis
- Ellis
- Featherston
- Goddard
- Haskins
- Helgerson
- Hoye
- Johnson
- Martinez
- McDonald
- Melton
- Meyer
- Mosley
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Poskin
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schreiber
- Simmons
- C. Smith
- Stogsdill
- Vaughn
- Weigel
- Wikle
- Winn
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 81 Nay: 43
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- Mar 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 2
- Feb 16, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Commerce
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Kylee Childs, LeadingAge Kansas (Oral Pro)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Jessica Easterwood, Larksfield Place (WO Pro)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Carol Moreland, KS Board of Nursing (WO Neu)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Tonya Keim, Bluestem Communitities (WO Pro)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Jericho Taylor, Vital Connections (WO Pro)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Susan Hofmann, KA Advanced Practice Nurses Assn. (WO Opp)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Kelly Sommers, Registered Nurse (Oral Opp)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Kelly Sommers, Register Nurse (Oral Opp)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, Mon, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Kyle Hamilton, Revisor (WO)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce
