---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewing certain provisions of law authorizing expanded practice by certain healthcare professionals and suspending certain licensure and other requirements for adult care homes."
description: "Renewing certain provisions of law authorizing expanded practice by certain healthcare professionals and suspending certain licensure and other requirements for adult care homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2477"
citation: "Kansas HB 2477 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-01-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/604f5cde-bb14-4be9-b1bb-bad89451e4c3"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2477"
source_hash: "26d57c3a06eea4f2b6cd7981ab8ec27ad40135da5081a54c35f0128804d313e5"
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 2477 (2021-2022) — Renewing certain provisions of law authorizing expanded practice by certain healthcare professionals and suspending certain licensure and other requirements for adult care homes.

## 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/hb2477_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2477_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective January 21, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2477_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2477_01_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2477_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Steffen was rejected — **17–19** (fail) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **106–5** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments; — **96–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Hearing: Thursday, January 13, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-01-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-18** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-01-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Patton `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Patton was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Concannon `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Concannon was withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-01-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 106 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Engrossed on Tuesday, January 18, 2022
- **2022-01-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-01-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-01-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Warren `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Warren was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Steffen `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Senator Corson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2022-01-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Steffen was rejected Yea: 17 Nay: 19 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-01-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2022-01-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 36 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2022-01-20** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 96 Nay: 4
- **2022-01-21** Reengrossed on Thursday, January 20, 2022
- **2022-01-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, January 21, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-21** Approved by Governor on Friday, January 21, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/604f5cde-bb14-4be9-b1bb-bad89451e4c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).