---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the health occupations credentialing fee fund."
description: "Establishing the health occupations credentialing fee fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2501"
citation: "Kansas HB 2501 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12d06d81-c2eb-4a7a-824d-c43f757460cf"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2501"
source_hash: "cb7036a245feeea0b38067baf7de203776f8376ce2f0acf695a89b31fa3999f6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2501 (2017-2018) — Establishing the health occupations credentialing fee fund.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2501_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2501_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **39–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 546-S - CANCELLED
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: Tuesday, February 06, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2018-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-05** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12d06d81-c2eb-4a7a-824d-c43f757460cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).