Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2069

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Report Pass
2/7/25  
Engrossed
2/17/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
3/10/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  

Caption

Enacting the school psychologist compact, the dietitian compact, the cosmetology compact and the physicians assistant compact to provide interstate practice privileges.

Impact

The implementation of HB 2069 is projected to significantly enhance public access to professional services by creating a more mobile workforce. This could lead to improved mental health care, nutritional guidance, cosmetology services, and medical assistance, especially in areas experiencing profession shortages. The compact agreements established by the bill will allow states to uphold their regulatory standards while also promoting cooperation among states in managing the practice of licensed professionals. Furthermore, the mutual recognition of licensure across states could lead to increased competition and quality of service, benefiting consumers.

Summary

House Bill 2069 seeks to establish multiple interstate licensure compacts for professionals including school psychologists, dieticians, cosmetologists, and physician assistants, thereby facilitating easier access and the provision of services across state lines. The bill aims to improve the availability of licensed professionals in critical areas such as public health and education by reducing the regulatory barriers that currently exist for practitioners wishing to operate in multiple states. Following its provisions, professionals licensed in their home states could practice in other member states without the need to acquire additional state-specific licenses, streamlining the process for both practitioners and regulatory agencies.

Sentiment

The sentiment surrounding HB 2069 has been largely supportive among professionals in the affected fields, who perceive the compacts as a beneficial step towards greater mobility and access to services. However, concerns have been raised by some stakeholders regarding the potential for inconsistent regulation across states, which could undermine the quality of care provided. The balance of maintaining high standards for licensure while offering flexibility for cross-state practice is a notable aspect of the ongoing discussions about the bill. Legislators and advocates emphasize the need for oversight to ensure that public safety and professional competency are not compromised through this new framework.

Contention

One point of contention relates to how the compacts would interact with existing state licensure laws and whether they might lead to a dilution of state authority over professional regulations. Some legislators argue that while the compacts will facilitate interstate practice, they may also create challenges in enforcing state-specific regulations and accountability for licensed professionals. Ensuring that all participating states adhere to a consistent standard while allowing for individual state flexibility remains an important consideration as the bill progresses.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

KS HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS HR6002

Providing for assignment of seats in the House of Representatives for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

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MI SB0413

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