republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2331.md

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Bill	Creating the crime of aggravated criminal desecration and providing penalties therefor, authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners and providing exemptions from liability for such actions, establishing requirements for programs of continuing education for licensed embalmers and funeral directors and authorizing the use of the word "crematory" as part of the business name for businesses owned by the same person who owns a licensed crematory.	Creating the crime of aggravated criminal desecration and providing penalties therefor, authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners and providing exemptions from liability for such actions, establishing requirements for programs of continuing education for licensed embalmers and funeral directors and authorizing the use of the word "crematory" as part of the business name for businesses owned by the same person who owns a licensed crematory.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2331	Kansas HB 2331 (2025-2026)	bill	Health Professions and Practices Health and Healthcare	enacted		4	28	0	2025-02-07	2026-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/51141c1e-1607-401e-a5c9-8d5b2688b63e	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2331/	080e4a01944ff1393bd2414097ca1af82eab31b6d8f6e484324900f50ca32624	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2331 (2025-2026) — Creating the crime of aggravated criminal desecration and providing penalties therefor, authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners and providing exemptions from liability for such actions, establishing requirements for programs of continuing education for licensed embalmers and funeral directors and authorizing the use of the word "crematory" as part of the business name for businesses owned by the same person who owns a licensed crematory.

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 Federal and State Affairs (committee substitute) — source
3. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-09 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-26 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
• 2026-03-25 Engrossed on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
• 2026-03-24 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3
• 2026-03-23 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2
• 2026-03-23 Conference committee report now available
• 2026-02-25 Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
• 2026-02-25 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer
• 2026-02-05 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau was adopted passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was adopted passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau was withdrawn
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Caryn Tyson was adopted passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Caryn Tyson
• 2026-02-04 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-02-02 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-14 Hearing: Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S event
• 2025-03-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2025-03-05 Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 0, Absent 7 passage
• 2025-03-04 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2025-02-26 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-07 Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-02-07 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51141c1e-1607-401e-a5c9-8d5b2688b63e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).