Requiring unlicensed employees in adult care homes to complete certain training requirements, reinstating the social worker applicant option for board-approved postgraduate supervised experience, allowing master's and clinical level licensees to take the baccalaureate addiction counselor test and requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to accept a master of social work degree from Fort Hays state university as from an accredited college or university.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Feb 8, 2022
Signed Apr 25, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2022 · House Mar 21, 2022
How they voted
38–0
Passed
Total votes 38
Feb 23, 2022
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
16
Committee
10
Apr 25, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Monday, April 18, 2022
upper
Apr 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
upper
Apr 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 0
lower
Mar 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference committee report now available
lower
Mar 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
lower
Mar 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0
lower
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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