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IntroducedJan 22, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 19, 2026: Final Action - Passed; Yea: 37 Nay: 3
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2520
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Health and Human Servicessponsor

Votes
YES: 90
- Anderson
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Pickert
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
NO: 32
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 37 Nay: 3
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Friday, February 20, 2026
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 90 Nay: 32
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative McDonald
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative McDonald was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 13, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Jenna Moyer, Revisor of Statutes (HB2520 amendment)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Clint Arndt, Sunflower Care Homes (A01 HB2520 Pro)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Amy Wiscombe, Home Plus Facility (A02 HB2520 Pro)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Lori Owen, Sunflower Care Homes (A03 HB2520 Pro)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Sara Emig, Sunflower Care Homes (A04 HB2520 Pro)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Jessica Easterwood, Larksfield Place Assiste Living (A05 HB2520 Pro)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Haely Ordoyne, Office of the State Long-term Care Ombudsman (A06 HB2520 Opp)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Kylee Childs, LeadingAge Kansas (A07 HB2520 Neu)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Lacey Hunter, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (A08 HB2520 Neu WO)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Carly Choi, Revisors of Statute (HB2520 bill brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services
