republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2023-2024/hb-2125.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for charitable event permits and demonstration permits for body art services, authorizing cease and desist orders against unlicensed providers of body art services and requiring related administrative actions to be in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act and reviewable under the Kansas judicial review act and exempting adult care homes from statutes governing cosmetology and barbering facilities."
description: "Providing for charitable event permits and demonstration permits for body art services, authorizing cease and desist orders against unlicensed providers of body art services and requiring related administrative actions to be in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act and reviewable under the Kansas judicial review act and exempting adult care homes from statutes governing cosmetology and barbering facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2125"
citation: "Kansas HB 2125 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2915dc11-bb08-455f-8f4c-8bd5216a7b2a"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2125/"
source_hash: "2ac3b9b42e5fcea594ea9278ce755d1d495b5b83b6d7c82dba0254c113423fe5"
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 2125 (2023-2024) — Providing for charitable event permits and demonstration permits for body art services, authorizing cease and desist orders against unlicensed providers of body art services and requiring related administrative actions to be in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act and reviewable under the Kansas judicial review act and exempting adult care homes from statutes governing cosmetology and barbering facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2125_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2125_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2125_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2125_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2125_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **114–5** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **122–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Monday, January 30, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2023-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jacobs `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jacobs was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 14, 2023
- **2023-02-15** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Straub `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Straub was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Gossage, Senator Erickson and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 122 Nay: 1
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2915dc11-bb08-455f-8f4c-8bd5216a7b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).