# Kansas HB 2069: Enacting the school psychologist compact, the dietitian compact, the cosmetology compact and the physicians assistant compact to provide interstate practice privileges. Kansas HB 2069, Enacting the school psychologist compact, the dietitian compact, the cosmetology compact and the physicians assistant compact to provide interstate practice privileges., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Reengrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2069-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2069 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Enacting the school psychologist compact, the dietitian compact, the cosmetology compact and the physicians assistant compact to provide interstate practice privileges. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-23 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Reengrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on public health and welfare, house committee on health and human services - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (638 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 22 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Dietitians avoid duplicate continuing education rules: benefit, low. Dietitians working in another state through the compact follow their home state's continuing education rules. They do not have to meet the remote state's separate continuing education requirements. - Military dietitians can keep home states: benefit, low. Active-duty service members and their spouses can choose a dietitian compact home state where they hold a license in good standing. They can keep that designation while the service member remains on active duty. - Military families gain flexible licensing home states: benefit, low. The school psychologist compact gives eligible active-duty members and spouses flexible home-state license designations. Qualifying locations include permanent residence, the main practice state, or a member state reached under permanent change of station orders. Active-duty cosmetologists and spou… - Practice compacts set start and exit timing: benefit, low. Each compact starts when its seventh state enacts it; the provided text does not establish a calendar start date. Dietitian and physician assistant compacts continue even if membership later falls below seven. Departing states must recognize school psychologist compact licenses for at least six mon… - Privacy limits protect professional licensing records: benefit, low. Member states share licensing investigation and discipline records through compact data systems. Access to protected investigative information is limited to other member states. A contributing state can block public access to designated records unless it gives permission. The system must remove inf… - Certified licensing records count in proceedings: benefit, low. Compact records certified by the commission or its agent count as authenticated commission business records. In relevant court or agency proceedings, they qualify for the associated exception to hearsay rules. This includes records supplied through the physician assistant compact. - Dietitians lose interstate access after discipline: cost, medium. Dietitians lose all remote-state compact privileges when disciplinary action places restrictions on their home-state license. Those privileges do not return automatically. After the home state certifies that the license is clear, the dietitian must meet compact eligibility requirements and reapply. - Compact operations can bring added fees: cost, low. Compact commissions can assess member states annually to cover approved operating costs not covered by other revenue. Commission rules set how state assessments are divided. Dietitian, cosmetology, and physician assistant commissions can also charge participating licensees fees. Physician assistant… - Cosmetology discipline can suspend interstate work: cost, low. A state where cosmetology services occur can restrict or end a licensee's right to work there. Only the home state can discipline the multistate license itself. Home-state restrictions deactivate practice rights in all other member states until those restrictions are removed. Participation in an al… - Nonmember residents lack multistate cosmetology access: cost, low. Cosmetologists who do not live in a compact member state can still apply for a member state's single-state license. They must follow that state's licensing laws. That license does not provide compact privileges to work in other member states. - Cosmetologists gain multistate licenses with fees: mixed, medium. Cosmetologists with active, unrestricted home-state licenses can apply for a multistate license recognized by other member states. Applicants must meet compact requirements, and licensees must follow each state's cosmetology laws. Member states must require training and competency exams, handle com… - Dietitians face coordinated interstate discipline: mixed, low. Only the home state can discipline its dietitian license, and it must finish pending investigations even after a move. It must give out-of-state reports equal priority, apply its own laws, and report findings to the compact data system. Remote states can discipline local compact privileges under th… - Dietitians gain interstate practice with requirements: mixed, low. Dietitians with an unrestricted home-state license can seek practice rights in other member states using a current registered-dietitian credential. The alternative path requires a qualifying master's or doctoral degree, 1,000 supervised practice hours, and an approved national exam. That exam must… - Moving cosmetologists must replace multistate licenses: mixed, low. Cosmetologists can hold a compact multistate license in only one home state at a time. Moving between member states requires an immediate application for reissuance, applicable fees, and notice to the former state. The new state verifies that the old license is active and unrestricted, checks eligi… - Moving dietitians must get new licenses: mixed, low. Dietitians moving between member states must apply for a new home-state license, pay fees, and notify both states. The new state verifies compact eligibility and requires an FBI fingerprint check and its state-law requirements. This provides a licensing path for eligible movers. Dietitians who do n… - School psychologists gain interstate licensing options: mixed, low. Qualified school psychologists can get an equivalent license in another member state. Home-state standards include a qualifying degree, a national exam, and 1,200 supervised internship hours, including 600 in schools. Applicants must keep an active home-state license, meet state-specific requiremen… - Compact officials gain limited lawsuit protection: mixed, low. Covered compact officials and staff receive civil immunity for acts within their duties, limiting lawsuits against them. Commissions must defend them and cover qualifying civil claims, settlements, or judgments. These protections exclude intentional, willful, or wanton misconduct. Dietitians and ph… - Compact rules bind states with limits: mixed, low. A joint state commission governs the dietitian compact; dietitian and physician assistant member-state executive and judicial branches must enforce their compacts. Commission rules bind states, but cannot override protected state laws defining professional practice; dietitian and physician assistan… - Compacts override conflicting state licensing laws: mixed, low. The dietitian and physician assistant compacts override conflicting laws and requirements in participating states. State requirements that do not conflict remain enforceable. - Licensing boards share records with safeguards: mixed, low. Compact systems track applicants and licensees, using unique identifiers and required reports on licenses, denials, discipline, and investigations. School psychologist states must exchange required information and provide requested investigation or discipline files. They must protect confidentialit… - State compact exits include transition periods: mixed, low. States can leave the dietitian or cosmetology compact by passing a law repealing their participation. Withdrawal takes effect 180 days after that law is enacted. Until then, licensing authorities must keep meeting compact investigation and discipline-reporting duties. A departing dietitian compact… - State violations can end compact access: mixed, low. Compact commissions can end a state's membership after written notice, a chance to fix violations, and exhausted compliance efforts. Termination requires a majority vote of member-state delegates, and the state remains responsible for obligations and liabilities through termination. Under the dieti… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 119 Nay: 0 | pass | 119 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 1 | pass | 121 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2025-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 121 | 1 | | | 2025-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2025-02-14 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 119 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-04-10: Reengrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-08: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-03-20: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz (House) - 2025-03-20: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Engrossed on Friday, February 14, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-17: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-02-14: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-14: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-02-14: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2025-02-05: Hearing: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N (House) - 2025-01-23: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_enrolled.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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2069/hb2069_enrolled.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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2069-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).