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type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 131 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing the state board of healing arts to issue a sports waiver to practice healing arts professions in this state on a limited basis during certain sporting events, authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines, licensing of professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists, requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to process applications within a certain time and establish an expedited application process, establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses, establishing a community-based license for certain licensed professions."
description: "Substitute for SB 131 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing the state board of healing arts to issue a sports waiver to practice healing arts professions in this state on a limited basis during certain sporting events, authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines, licensing of professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists, requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to process applications within a certain time and establish an expedited application process, establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses, establishing a community-based license for certain licensed professions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Kansas SB 131 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doll", "Erickson", "Pittman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3e174e9-7140-4871-802a-8e51f70f3336"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb131/"
source_hash: "a0c5edb854837956a4b734bf0d40634726a54e27efdf2c0d8846f5b763dbb4fd"
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 SB 131 (2023-2024) — Substitute for SB 131 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing the state board of healing arts to issue a sports waiver to practice healing arts professions in this state on a limited basis during certain sporting events, authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines, licensing of professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists, requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to process applications within a certain time and establish an expedited application process, establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses, establishing a community-based license for certain licensed professions.
## 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/sb131_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_enrolled.pdf)
## Votes
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **118–4** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **114–9** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Doll — primary (person)
- Erickson — primary (person)
- Pittman — primary (person)
- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — cosponsor (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Hearing: Friday, February 17, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2023-02-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `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 - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Eplee `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Eplee was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2023-04-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2023-04-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 5, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3e174e9-7140-4871-802a-8e51f70f3336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).