---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating Kansas as a purple heart state and permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards."
description: "Designating Kansas as a purple heart state and permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2274"
citation: "Kansas HB 2274 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses and Licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2026-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa8ddb95-dc2a-4b1a-9d41-8f9a3b5b1a59"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2274/"
source_hash: "708ac28ecb4047c701946033ea585d0c031b96a9c55960aad0ff0472cd4158a2"
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 2274 (2025-2026) — Designating Kansas as a purple heart state and permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Further Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Veterans and Military — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 3, 2026
- **2026-02-27** Engrossed on Thursday, February 26, 2026
- **2026-02-26** Concurred with amendments; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-12** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Final Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Veterans and Military `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to House Committee on Veterans and Military `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa8ddb95-dc2a-4b1a-9d41-8f9a3b5b1a59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).