---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the board of cosmetology to issue temporary location and temporary guest artist permits and establishing criteria therefor."
description: "Authorizing the board of cosmetology to issue temporary location and temporary guest artist permits and establishing criteria therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2338"
citation: "Kansas HB 2338 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fe6f0ee-1d3b-404a-9c46-d752a6b5e82f"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2338/"
source_hash: "cdad4e571d5f4de7e959d51153b08acddf7a86c526f88e0f876efaaeb3c36404"
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 2338 (2025-2026) — Authorizing the board of cosmetology to issue temporary location and temporary guest artist permits and establishing criteria therefor.

## 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_2338/hb2338_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2338/hb2338_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2338/hb2338_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 3, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- **2025-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Engrossed on Monday, February 24, 2025
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 2, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fe6f0ee-1d3b-404a-9c46-d752a6b5e82f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).