# Kansas HB 2185: 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. Kansas HB 2185, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Education; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Law effective July 1, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2185-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2185 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-31 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Law effective July 1, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Education - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on education, house committee on education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (302 yes, 14 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Guard education aid reaches more independent colleges: benefit, low. Eligible Guard members and dependents can use education aid at an added class of qualifying independent colleges. These colleges must be nonprofit and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. They must operate outside state control, maintain open enrollment, and offer… - Guard dependents gain tuition aid with obligations: mixed, medium. A Kansas National Guard member can sponsor one eligible dependent during the member’s service for tuition and required fees. The dependent must meet education and enrollment requirements, register in the military’s DEERS dependent system, and apply for financial aid. Aid covers up to 15 credit hour… - Guard students face academic and service rules: mixed, medium. To keep EMERGE aid, Guard students need a 2.75 GPA for master’s degrees or 3.0 for doctorates and professional degrees. They must stay in good standing at school, make satisfactory degree progress, and maintain satisfactory Guard participation. Before receiving aid, members must agree in writing to… - More Guard degrees qualify, with aid limits: mixed, medium. Kansas National Guard EMERGE tuition aid now covers eligible doctorates and professional degrees, as well as master’s degrees. Members must gain admission to an eligible program at a qualifying Kansas institution and meet active-status and disciplinary requirements. A nonconcurrent Guard applicant… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Education ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 112 Nay: 6 | pass | 112 | 6 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 112 | 6 | 1 | ## Actions (17) - 2025-04-10: Law effective July 1, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-26: Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-24: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 24, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Hearing: Monday, March 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Engrossed on Monday, February 17, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-18: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 112, Nay 6, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-06: Hearing: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-01-31: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Education (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Education: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2185/hb2185_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2185/hb2185_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2185/hb2185_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 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 House Committee on Education (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2185/hb2185_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2185/hb2185_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2185/hb2185_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [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-HB2185-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).