---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing six months of an embalmer apprenticeship to be completed prior to an individual attending mortuary science school"
description: "Allowing six months of an embalmer apprenticeship to be completed prior to an individual attending mortuary science school"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2262"
citation: "Kansas HB 2262 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/651cf1c0-d547-4c5c-b1b5-ee847b672579"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2262/"
source_hash: "df1fc2c371b5f657bf5ed32035b33b6180dc61acd6d500d9052a95c2733ee58b"
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 2262 (2023-2024) — Allowing six months of an embalmer apprenticeship to be completed prior to an individual attending mortuary science school

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2262_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2262_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Monday, February 6, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- **2023-03-28** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 31, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/651cf1c0-d547-4c5c-b1b5-ee847b672579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).