---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants."
description: "Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2761"
citation: "Kansas HB 2761 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Professions and Practices", "Licenses and Licensure", "Named Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6a4bbc0-cd22-412e-9ef2-d89d3caa8aac"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2761/"
source_hash: "54b0be2cb006d993c099247bcb0b9d4f938a6303681d91014815d7fbcb66e869"
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 2761 (2025-2026) — Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants.

## 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_2761/hb2761_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2761/hb2761_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on K-12 Education Budget — 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
- **2026-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026
- **2026-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 1, 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 K-12 Education Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to House Committee on K-12 Education Budget `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6a4bbc0-cd22-412e-9ef2-d89d3caa8aac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).