republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2528.md

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Bill	Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to certain nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical and advanced practice registered nurses, setting fees for late license renewal, limiting unprofessional conduct to acts related to the practice of nursing, prohibiting the board from taking retaliatory action against a licensee based on certain lawful actions and creating a civil cause of action for violation thereof, requiring termination of current board members on January 1, 2027 and requiring the governor to appoint interim board members subject to senate confirmation and requiring the board to issue refunds for overpayment or duplicate payment.	Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to certain nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical and advanced practice registered nurses, setting fees for late license renewal, limiting unprofessional conduct to acts related to the practice of nursing, prohibiting the board from taking retaliatory action against a licensee based on certain lawful actions and creating a civil cause of action for violation thereof, requiring termination of current board members on January 1, 2027 and requiring the governor to appoint interim board members subject to senate confirmation and requiring the board to issue refunds for overpayment or duplicate payment.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2528	Kansas HB 2528 (2025-2026)	bill	Boards Commissions and Task Forces Health Professions and Practices Health and Healthcare	enacted		6	32	0	2026-01-23	2026-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f129760b-1624-4296-aeb8-23f2afd4fb1f	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2528/	a634c9747a3f83cde4d3096bc79c0b9a379d7dc576353223c0b5e299efde3220	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2528 (2025-2026) — Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to certain nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical and advanced practice registered nurses, setting fees for late license renewal, limiting unprofessional conduct to acts related to the practice of nursing, prohibiting the board from taking retaliatory action against a licensee based on certain lawful actions and creating a civil cause of action for violation thereof, requiring termination of current board members on January 1, 2027 and requiring the governor to appoint interim board members subject to senate confirmation and requiring the board to issue refunds for overpayment or duplicate payment.

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

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 Tuesday, April 7, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-04-09 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
• 2026-04-09 Reengrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026
• 2026-03-26 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 87, Nay 38
• 2026-03-26 Conference committee report now available
• 2026-03-26 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 32, Nay 8
• 2026-03-26 Conference committee report now available
• 2026-03-25 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz appointed as second conferees
• 2026-03-25 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as second conferees
• 2026-03-25 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. Susan Ruiz
• 2026-03-19 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 34, Nay 6 passage
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended passage
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Stephen Owens was adopted passage
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Stephen Owens
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was rejected
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Pat Pettey
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was rejected
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Pat Pettey
• 2026-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-03-18 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
• 2026-02-19 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 88, Nay 34, Absent 3 passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sandy Pickert was adopted passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sandy Pickert
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-02-17 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-23 Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f129760b-1624-4296-aeb8-23f2afd4fb1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).