Kansas Senate Bill 131

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on April 28 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-28 - Senate Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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.

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.

Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee

2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 38 Nay: 2 (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - House - House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 118 Nay: 4 (Y: 118 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-03-27 - House - House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 114 Nay: 9 (Y: 114 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 39 Nay: 0 (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-28	Senate	Senate Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 9, 2023
2023-04-28	Senate	Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 5, 2023
2023-04-27	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 2
2023-04-27	Senate	Senate Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
2023-04-27	House	House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 4
2023-04-27	House	House Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
2023-04-06	House	House Conference committee report now available
2023-03-29	House	House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
2023-03-28	Senate	Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Gossage , Senator Erickson and Senator Pettey as conferees
2023-03-27	House	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 9
2023-03-27	House	House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2023-03-27	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Eplee was adopted
2023-03-27	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Eplee
2023-03-27	House	House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2023-03-14	House	House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services
2023-03-13	House	House Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
2023-03-01	House	House Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2023-03-01	House	House Received and Introduced
2023-02-23	Senate	Senate Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
2023-02-23	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
2023-02-23	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
2023-02-22	Senate	Senate Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2023-02-17	Senate	Senate Hearing: Friday, February 17, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
2023-02-02	Senate	Senate Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2023-02-01	Senate	Senate Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb131/
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_00_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_01_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_02_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_03_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb131_enrolled.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/cr_2023_sb131_s_1389.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/cr_2023_sb131_h_1614.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/fa_2023_sb131_h_1907.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/ccr_2023_sb131_h_2112.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/fisc_note_sb131_00_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/supp_note_sb131_01_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/supp_note_sb131_02_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/supp_note_sb131_03_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/ccrb_sb131_01_04062023.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/summary_sb_131_2023.pdf
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20230223221406_002783/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20230327163345_120272/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20230427145918_942466/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20230427180355_992547/