---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license."
description: "Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2478"
citation: "Kansas HB 2478 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Health Professions and Practices", "Licenses and Licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6f68424-3b89-4902-922d-216671fd22b6"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2478/"
source_hash: "53d2cc9461fb44f623fdc0f306c3b73d8d2abc9f3099cb3cdf0d61c9d5952278"
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 2478 (2025-2026) — Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.

## 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/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2478/hb2478_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2478/hb2478_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-23** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- **2026-03-13** Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Final Action - Passed; Yea 117, Nay 4, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6f68424-3b89-4902-922d-216671fd22b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).