# Kansas HB 2052: Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.

Kansas HB 2052, Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status signed, last action 2025-04-01 (Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2052
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2025-04-01, Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on federal and state affairs, house committee on federal and state affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (512 yes, 134 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Armed off-duty officers gain privacy protections: benefit, low. Building authorities cannot request, require, or record personal information from off-duty officers authorized to enter armed under this law. Protected information includes email addresses, home phone numbers, and home addresses. Authorities also cannot require officers to wear items identifying th…
- Military applicants can skip Kansas ID: benefit, low. Active-duty service members and their dependents can omit a Kansas driver's license or state ID number from concealed handgun applications. They must prove their active-duty or dependent status and have neither Kansas identification document.
- Young license holders get standard licenses: benefit, low. Provisional concealed handgun license holders can request a standard license once the attorney general confirms they are at least 21. The standard license covers only the provisional license's remaining term. The attorney general must send notice of this option at least 60 days before the holder's…
- Tighter checks for concealed handgun licenses: cost, low. Listed federal or Kansas bans on shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms or ammunition block a concealed handgun license. The attorney general must deny applications and renewals from people who are ineligible under Kansas licensing law. The attorney general must also revoke licen…
- Suspended license holders must return cards: mixed, low. If your Kansas concealed handgun license is suspended or revoked, you must surrender the card or authorization document. The Kansas Division of Vehicles receives and destroys it. When a suspension ends, the attorney general must issue an authorization document covering the license's remaining unexp…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 108 Nay: 15 | pass | 108 | 15 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 105 Nay: 17 | pass | 105 | 17 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 34 Nay: 6 | pass | 34 | 6 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 9 Nay: 29 | fail | 9 | 29 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | House | Concurred with amendments | pass | 105 | 17 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected | fail | 9 | 29 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 34 | 6 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 108 | 15 |   |

## Actions (24)

- 2025-04-01: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-27: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Reengrossed on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-24: Concurred with amendments; Yea 105, Nay 17, Absent 3 (House)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Sen. Mike Thompson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane. (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected; Yea 9, Nay 29, Absent 2 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 34, Nay 6 (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Hearing: Monday, March 17, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Blake Carpenter (House)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Blake Carpenter was adopted (House)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-02-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-02-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 108, Nay 15, Absent 2 (House)
- 2025-02-04: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)
- 2025-01-29: Hearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2025-01-22: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_01_0000.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2052/hb2052_01_0000.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2052-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).
