---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16."
description: "Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2520"
citation: "Kansas HB 2520 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adult Care Homes", "Aging and Disability Services", "Department for"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e03d6f0b-041e-4279-9d61-903d18dcf422"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2520/"
source_hash: "05b9b5a11edd1dc18ace796b78bc1eb336da0876aecc7bdbc6f1231d17b32560"
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 2520 (2025-2026) — Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16.

## 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_2520/hb2520_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2520/hb2520_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 Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 37, Nay 3 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-16** 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`
- **2026-02-25** Engrossed on Friday, February 20, 2026
- **2026-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 90, Nay 32, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Nikki McDonald was rejected
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Nikki McDonald
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e03d6f0b-041e-4279-9d61-903d18dcf422`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).