---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for HB 2066 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Expanding the military spouse and service members expedited licensure law to all applicants who have established or intend to establish residency in Kansas."
description: "Substitute for HB 2066 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Expanding the military spouse and service members expedited licensure law to all applicants who have established or intend to establish residency in Kansas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2066"
citation: "Kansas HB 2066 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Croft", "Owens", "Proctor", "Tarwater", "Thomas", "Wasinger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb56de95-8950-48e1-977f-ecb76790eb24"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2066"
source_hash: "0989c02d5f7de7f17002ac495dd947b8a5de94c34a9457ff6e109171dcea4b6d"
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 2066 (2021-2022) — Substitute for HB 2066 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Expanding the military spouse and service members expedited licensure law to all applicants who have established or intend to establish residency in Kansas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2066_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2066_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2066_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2066_02_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2066_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **105–17** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **103–21** (pass) · lower
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Xu was rejected — **44–80** (fail) · lower
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hawk was rejected — **16–17** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Croft — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- Tarwater — primary (person)
- Thomas — primary (person)
- Wasinger — primary (person)
- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Hearing: Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Croft `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Croft was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Xu `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Xu was rejected Yea: 44 Nay: 80 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-03** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 103 Nay: 21 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed on Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-05** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hawk `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hawk was rejected Yea: 16 Nay: 17
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 36 Nay: 2 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-25** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-03-25** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Hilderbrand and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 105 Nay: 17 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Reengrossed on Friday, April 9, 2021
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb56de95-8950-48e1-977f-ecb76790eb24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).