---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care."
description: "Requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Kansas SB 88 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9468aa6c-09c0-4dd8-870c-867401e2ff22"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB88/"
source_hash: "3a541be49fa6f61624381df42920c0b46067b9ef0e430dbd980591a9bed0d875"
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 88 (2025-2026) — Requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care.

## 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_88/sb88_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_88/sb88_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`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9468aa6c-09c0-4dd8-870c-867401e2ff22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).