republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/sb-453.md

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Bill	Requiring unlicensed employees in adult care homes to complete certain training requirements, reinstating the social worker applicant option for board-approved postgraduate supervised experience, allowing master's and clinical level licensees to take the baccalaureate addiction counselor test and requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to accept a master of social work degree from Fort Hays state university as from an accredited college or university.	Requiring unlicensed employees in adult care homes to complete certain training requirements, reinstating the social worker applicant option for board-approved postgraduate supervised experience, allowing master's and clinical level licensees to take the baccalaureate addiction counselor test and requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to accept a master of social work degree from Fort Hays state university as from an accredited college or university.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	SB 453	Kansas SB 453 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		4	23	4	2022-02-08	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ce5b173f-4364-4fe7-9fbb-df25ba888ae9	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb453	aa2d9164d42b6b1a340c91b8fccab5bfbb9c1b661c8464eea60d2b6866764f7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 453 (2021-2022) — Requiring unlicensed employees in adult care homes to complete certain training requirements, reinstating the social worker applicant option for board-approved postgraduate supervised experience, allowing master's and clinical level licensees to take the baccalaureate addiction counselor test and requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to accept a master of social work degree from Fort Hays state university as from an accredited college or university.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled - Law effective April 28, 2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 122–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-08 Introduced introduction
• 2022-02-09 Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Hearing: Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
• 2022-02-22 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-23 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-02-23 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2022-02-23 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2022-02-23 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-03-01 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Hearing: Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
• 2022-03-16 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2022-03-21 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-03-22 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2022-03-23 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
• 2022-03-31 Conference committee report now available
• 2022-04-01 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-04-01 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-04-25 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-04-25 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 18, 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce5b173f-4364-4fe7-9fbb-df25ba888ae9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).