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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding."
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description: "Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 2065"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2065 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Highberger", "Neelly"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75f069c0-d7ef-40b1-a9fe-2fd118daa33f"
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source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2065/"
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source_hash: "6d2f5ee1c78bfa0a6530946d358753f6ac564c0443fafa91c1cd33837e62ad9e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas HB 2065 (2023-2024) — Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_02_0000.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2065_enrolled.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **36–2** (pass) · upper
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Highberger — primary (person)
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- Neelly — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Monday, January 30, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
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- **2023-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2023-02-09** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2023-02-09** Engrossed on Thursday, February 9, 2023
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- **2023-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
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- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2023-03-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 36 Nay: 2 `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
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- **2023-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
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- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
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- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75f069c0-d7ef-40b1-a9fe-2fd118daa33f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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