---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding."
description: "Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2065"
citation: "Kansas HB 2065 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Highberger", "Neelly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75f069c0-d7ef-40b1-a9fe-2fd118daa33f"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2065/"
source_hash: "6d2f5ee1c78bfa0a6530946d358753f6ac564c0443fafa91c1cd33837e62ad9e"
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 2065 (2023-2024) — Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Highberger — primary (person)
- Neelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Monday, January 30, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Engrossed on Thursday, February 9, 2023
- **2023-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 36 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75f069c0-d7ef-40b1-a9fe-2fd118daa33f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).