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IntroducedJan 29, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Became LawApr 09, 2026
Kansas House Bill
Substitute for HB 2595 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act, providing stipends to law students who meet certain requirements and agree to practice law in rural areas and providing loan forgiveness to lawyers who meet certain requirements and practice law in rural areas.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 09, 2026: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2595
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resourcessponsor
Votes
YES: 118
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- 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
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- 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
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. 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
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 3
YES: 119
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- 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
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- 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
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Winn
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Concurred with amendments; Yea: 119 Nay: 3
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 6
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 4
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- Sub - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Rep Ken Rahjes, 110th District, Kansas House of Representatives (HB2595 pro)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Anne Marie Yatsula, Staff Attorney, League of Kansas Municipalities (HB2595 pro)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Susan Richmeier on behalf, KCDAA and Finney Co Attorney Office (HB2595 pro)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Ashley Comeau, Attorney (HB2595 pro)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Cheryl Semmel, Office of Special Counsel, Kansas Supreme Court (HB2595 pro)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Jack Beck, Assistant Public Defender,, BIDS Legislative Committee (HB2595 pro)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Renee Henke, KS Women Attorneys Assoc (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Courtney Ress, Attorney (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Joseph Molina on behalf of, Kansas Bar Association (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Marvin Matchett, KS Legislative Policy Group (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Tyler Heffron, President, KS Assoc of Defense Counsel (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Hissong, Kansas Farm Bureau (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Nick Levendofsky, Exec Director, Kansas Farmers Union (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by John Kusiak, Kelly & Kusiak Law Office (HB2595 pro wo)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisors Office, State of Kansas (HB2595 Bill Brief)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Anne Marie Yatsula, Staff Attorney, League of Kansas Municipalities (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Charles Peckham, Attorney (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Hissong, Kansas Farm Bureau (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Courtney E. Ress, Esq., Gatz & Ress LLP (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Emily Saunders, Esq., Self (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Joe Molina, Kansas Bar Association (HB 2595, Neutral, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Myca J. Bunch, President, Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Tyler Heffron, President, on behalf of the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Cheryl Semmel, Director of Government Relations, Office of Special Counsel, Kansas Supreme Court (HB 2595, Neutral, Oral)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Adam C. Proffitt, Director, Kansas Division of the Budget (HB 2595, Fiscal Note)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Nick Levendofsky, Executive Director, Kansas Farmers Union (HB 2595, Proponent, Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Revisor Kyle Hamilton, Office of Revisor of Statutes (HB 2595, Bill Brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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