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Bill Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements. Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements. us/states/ks Kansas Legislature 2025-2026 HB 2223 Kansas HB 2223 (2025-2026)
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Kansas HB 2223 (2025-2026) — Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.

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 Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (committee substitute) — source
  3. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-03-13 Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 executive-signature
  • 2026-03-03 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 3, 2026
  • 2026-02-27 Engrossed on Thursday, February 26, 2026
  • 2026-02-26 Concurred with amendments; Yea 98, Nay 23, Absent 4
  • 2026-02-18 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 34, Nay 6 passage
  • 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended passage
  • 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was rejected
  • 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford
  • 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Beverly Gossage was adopted passage
  • 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Beverly Gossage
  • 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
  • 2026-02-10 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-19 Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare referral-committee
  • 2025-03-18 Received and Introduced introduction
  • 2025-03-18 Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 97, Nay 24, Absent 4 passage
  • 2025-03-18 Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
  • 2025-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
  • 2025-03-14 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-26 Withdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services; Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2025-02-18 Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2025-02-03 Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2025-02-03 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/271d4e9d-dae4-4043-b41a-d544e2fadf73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).