---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing that military spouses of active military servicemembers shall be exempted from all occupational licensing, registration and certification fees."
description: "Providing that military spouses of active military servicemembers shall be exempted from all occupational licensing, registration and certification fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2745"
citation: "Kansas HB 2745 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c13a2cb-03fb-4cbf-9091-d2f50130368a"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2745/"
source_hash: "e075db8c7e18a46961a7c8ca51f46d5ef5b93bec711fedbf238f33c830e56947"
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 2745 (2023-2024) — Providing that military spouses of active military servicemembers shall be exempted from all occupational licensing, registration and certification fees.

## 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/hb2745_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2745_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2745_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing: Monday, February 19, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2024-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Engrossed on Monday, February 26, 2024
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2024-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 29, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c13a2cb-03fb-4cbf-9091-d2f50130368a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).