# Kansas HB 2188: Enacting the defend the guard act to prescribe when the Kansas national guard may be released from the state for active duty combat.

Kansas HB 2188, Enacting the defend the guard act to prescribe when the Kansas national guard may be released from the state for active duty combat., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Committee) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2188
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Enacting the defend the guard act to prescribe when the Kansas national guard may be released from the state for active duty combat.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on veterans and military
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (72 yes, 172 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## 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: 36 Nay: 86 | fail | 36 | 86 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | Motion to withdraw from House Committee on Veterans and Military not adopted | fail | 36 | 86 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Committee (House)
- 2026-03-17: Motion to withdraw from House Committee on Veterans and Military not adopted; Yea 36, Nay 86, Absent 3 (House)
- 2026-03-16: Motion to withdraw from House Committee on Veterans and Military pending (House)
- 2025-01-31: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Veterans and Military (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2188/hb2188_00_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 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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2188/hb2188_00_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2188-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).