---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the rural population requirement maximum for the veterinary training program for rural Kansas and creating a food animal percentage requirement that may be fulfilled in lieu thereof."
description: "Increasing the rural population requirement maximum for the veterinary training program for rural Kansas and creating a food animal percentage requirement that may be fulfilled in lieu thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Kansas HB 2605 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f09106-8c3b-4508-b847-0c249cfbb450"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2605"
source_hash: "e0a9a1aef831d7725fa2c86c2c7657023f087242701a6826266308cd020558c4"
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 2605 (2021-2022) — Increasing the rural population requirement maximum for the veterinary training program for rural Kansas and creating a food animal percentage requirement that may be fulfilled in lieu thereof.

## 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/hb2605_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2605_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2605_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **119–2** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **115–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing: Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 112-N - CANCELED
- **2022-02-09** Hearing: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2022-02-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 115 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 23, 2022
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 119 Nay: 2
- **2022-03-29** Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 7, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f09106-8c3b-4508-b847-0c249cfbb450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).