---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas."
description: "Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Kansas SB 175 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d57a87-02f9-4be8-83f7-b5bdb1556c78"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB175/"
source_hash: "49ff24ea9bc2a8842bfd072a51f1c6b69aa4065559ee54690a6f044e2827a266"
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 SB 175 (2025-2026) — Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas.

## 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/sb_175/sb175_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_175/sb175_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_175/sb175_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- **2025-03-12** Final Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1d57a87-02f9-4be8-83f7-b5bdb1556c78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).