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HB 2185 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Updating the Kansas national guard educational assistance act to include dependents of national guard members and the Kansas national guard educational master's for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program to include other advanced degrees.

HB 2185 expands the Kansas National Guard Educational Assistance Act to allow current National Guard members to transfer unused tuition benefits to their dependents. It also broadens the EMERGE program to cover doctoral and professional degrees, not just master's degrees. The bill directly affects Kansas National Guard members and their dependents by increasing educational support options at Kansas educational institutions. Key mechanisms include amending eligibility rules to include dependents in the program and revising degree coverage under the EMERGE initiative. These changes aim to enhance educational opportunities for military families and support national guard readiness.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationExpands tuition benefits to dependents and includes doctoral/professional degrees, increasing educational access and support for National Guard families under higher education programs.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Amended by House Committee on Education → Enrolled · 1 edit · Apr 10, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a committee version to the final enrolled version, removing header metadata and correcting minor grammatical errors in the statutory language. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were altered.
Scope change
None; the bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Removed committee headers and page numbers, and corrected a grammatical error in Section 3 changing 'shall may' to 'shall may' (context suggests 'shall' was intended) and 'on-going ongoing' to 'on-going ongoing'.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Apr 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Education
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 112, Nay 6, Absent 6
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Education
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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