Bill Commons

KS HB 2280

enacted

Adding a citation to the code of federal regulations to the definition of veteran and disabled veteran and removing the active requirement from military service members for occupational licensure.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did KS HB 2280 pass?

Yes. KS HB 2280 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-10): Engrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025

What is KS HB 2280 about?

KS HB 2280 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Adding a citation to the code of federal regulations to the definition of veteran and disabled veteran and removing the active requirement from military service members for occupational licensure.”.

Who sponsors KS HB 2280?

Committee on Federal and State Affairs is the primary sponsor of KS HB 2280.

Introduced
2025-02-05
Latest action
2025-04-10 — Engrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Federal and State Affairsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-10

    Engrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025

  2. 2025-04-10

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025

  3. 2025-04-10

    Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-03-27

    Conference committee report now available

  5. 2025-03-27

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0

  6. 2025-03-27

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1

  7. 2025-03-26

    Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Nathan Butler, and Rep. Mari-Lynn Poskin are appointed to replace Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce, and Rep. Susan Ruiz on the Conference Committee

  8. 2025-03-26

    Sen. Mike Thompson and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau are appointed to replace Sen. Beverly Gossage and Sen. Cindy Holscher on the Conference Committee

  9. 2025-03-20

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz

  10. 2025-03-20

    Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees

  11. 2025-03-19

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  12. 2025-03-19

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  13. 2025-03-19

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0

    passage

  14. 2025-03-13

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-02-20

    Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-02-19

    Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6

    passage

  17. 2025-02-19

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  18. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

    passage

  19. 2025-02-11

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-02-05

    Introduced

    introduction

  21. 2025-02-05

    Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T04:56:44.586501Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=KS&identifier=HB 2280. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.