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type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, adding an advanced practice registered nurse position to the board of governors of the healthcare stabilization fund and requiring advance practice registered nurses to maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of active licensure."
description: "Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, adding an advanced practice registered nurse position to the board of governors of the healthcare stabilization fund and requiring advance practice registered nurses to maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of active licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2509"
citation: "Kansas HB 2509 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Professions and Practices", "Insurance", "SB 430"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42de1551-7d7e-4f1a-ad34-3755d1864f5f"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2509/"
source_hash: "ef21e1cef880faa8a6a83d2fcb5a4d18b56be5cbcbc7e5bfb7c2afc5ebdbe239"
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 2509 (2025-2026) — Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, adding an advanced practice registered nurse position to the board of governors of the healthcare stabilization fund and requiring advance practice registered nurses to maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of active licensure.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-04-09** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 92, Nay 33
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 37, Nay 2, Absent 1
- **2026-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Louis Ruiz
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 3 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
- **2026-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 89, Nay 33, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42de1551-7d7e-4f1a-ad34-3755d1864f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).