---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances."
description: "Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2702"
citation: "Kansas HB 2702 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Commissions and Task Forces", "Health Professions and Practices", "Licenses and Licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c8ce77-5adb-4b46-8131-de2ee2f9b6e3"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2702/"
source_hash: "7cd7b00fdb5fc2d76281ddfa3afe298414c52798dbac37cc30c457be0420adcb"
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 2702 (2025-2026) — Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances.

## 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_2702/hb2702_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2702/hb2702_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
- **2026-03-18** Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 120, Nay 2, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0c8ce77-5adb-4b46-8131-de2ee2f9b6e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).