---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the nurse licensure compact."
description: "Enacting the nurse licensure compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2496"
citation: "Kansas HB 2496 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50b082a0-ddad-47f2-a78e-e18a26289303"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2496"
source_hash: "3dfabaf90f868ee46d01270c3ede811af740f9db51670569193830a622e34bbc"
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 2496 (2017-2018) — Enacting the nurse licensure compact.

## 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/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2496_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2496_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2496_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2496_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2496_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **116–1** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **123–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Thursday, February 08, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Frownfelter `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Frownfelter was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 116 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Engrossed on Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing: Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2018-03-21** Hearing continuation: Thursday, March 22, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2018-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 123 Nay: 1
- **2018-03-29** Reengrossed on Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, April 05, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50b082a0-ddad-47f2-a78e-e18a26289303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).