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IntroducedJan 20, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 11, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 13, 2026
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Became LawMar 23, 2026
Kansas House Bill
Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 23, 2026: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2478
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Health and Human Servicessponsor
- Representative Oropeza on behalf of the Kansas State Board of NursingRequester
Votes
YES: 117
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Featherston
- Francis
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 4
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- Mar 13, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 1
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 117 Nay: 4
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Wed, Mar 4, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Wed, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Carol Moreland, MSN, RN, Executive Director, Kansas State Board of Nursing (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Wed, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Jenna Moyer, Assistant Revisor, Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Bill Brief)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Carol Moreland, Kansas State Board of Nursing (B01 HB2478 Pro)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Carly Choi, Revisors of Statutes (HB2478 bill brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services
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