---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate substitute for HB 2279 by committee on public health and welfare - Amending the advanced practice registered nurse authorized scope of practice to permit the prescribing of drugs without a supervising physician."
description: "Senate substitute for HB 2279 by committee on public health and welfare - Amending the advanced practice registered nurse authorized scope of practice to permit the prescribing of drugs without a supervising physician."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2279"
citation: "Kansas HB 2279 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef2555f-f154-4d18-88fe-0d96eccc3365"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2279"
source_hash: "2d5eb47e9ed19c5cbe03804d35280130c9afc95dd68b37794d562f1fc3712116"
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 2279 (2021-2022) — Senate substitute for HB 2279 by committee on public health and welfare - Amending the advanced practice registered nurse authorized scope of practice to permit the prescribing of drugs without a supervising physician.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2279_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2279_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2279_03_0000.pdf)
4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2279_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2279_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed — **14–22** (fail) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **80–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Hearing: Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Bergquist `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Bergquist was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed on Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-05** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing: Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-02-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Wilborn `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Wilborn was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed Yea: 14 Nay: 22
- **2022-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2022-03-09** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 30 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-15** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Hilderbrand, Senator Gossage and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2022-04-01** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 80 Nay: 34
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 15, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ef2555f-f154-4d18-88fe-0d96eccc3365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).