HB2478 • 2026

Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
Effective date: Not listed

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Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.

What This Bill Does

Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.

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Bill History

2026-03-23 House
Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
2026-03-17 House
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
2026-03-13 Senate
Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1
2026-03-12 Senate
Committee of the Whole - Be passed
2026-03-05 Senate
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2026-03-04 Senate
Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S event
2026-02-12 Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2026-02-11 Senate
Received and Introduced
2026-02-11 House
Final Action - Passed; Yea 117, Nay 4, Absent 4
2026-02-10 House
Committee of the Whole - Be passed

Official Summary Text

Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL No. 2478
AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to nursing licensure; requiring advance
practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists to submit to a criminal
history check upon application for a nursing license; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp.
74-1112 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-1112 is hereby amended to read
as follows: 74-1112. (a) The board of nursing may require an
application applicant to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and
national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025
Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto.
(b) The board shall fix a fee for fingerprinting of applicants or
licensees, or both, as may be required by the board in an amount
necessary to reimburse the board for the cost of the fingerprinting. Fees
collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the criminal
background and fingerprinting fund.
(c) There is hereby created in the state treasury the criminal
background and fingerprinting fund. All moneys credited to the fund
shall be used to pay the Kansas bureau of investigation for the
processing of fingerprints and criminal history background checks for
the board of nursing. The fund shall be administered by the board of
nursing. All expenditures from the fund shall be made in accordance
with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and
reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the president of the
board or a person designated by the president.
(d) As used in this section, "applicant" means a person who has
applied for licensure as a professional nurse, an advanced practice
registered nurse, a registered nurse anesthetist, a practical nurse or a
mental health technician.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-1112 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and passed
that body
Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the SENATE ______________________________________________________________________________
President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Governor.