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KansasHB 22742025–2026 Regular SessionHouse

Designating Kansas as a purple heart state and permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards.

Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable

Signed by Governor

senate select committee on veterans affairsways and meansveterans and military

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Easier no-expire IDs for homeless veterans

Homeless veterans can get a Kansas nondriver ID without a home address. You may use copies or digital ID documents, or certain expired IDs, if you also show a letter from Kansas veterans services, a veterans medical center, a jail or prison, or a Kansas homeless nonprofit. Any ID issued to a homeless veteran does not expire. The state waives fees for a certified vital record copy, abstract, or search if a homeless veteran shows correspondence saying the record is needed to get a nondriver ID.

One-year temporary ID for lawful presence

If you cannot provide the usual documents but show strong proof you are lawfully present, the director may issue a temporary ID. This card is valid for one year. It helps people with lawful status who lack standard papers get short-term identification.

Free birth certificates to vote

If you are 17 or older and need a birth certificate to vote, the state waives the fee. For voter registration, you can get a free copy if you swear under oath you plan to register in Kansas and you do not have the citizenship documents that Kansas law accepts.

Veteran ID label and free records

Veterans can request a nondriver ID that shows VETERAN on the front. You must provide a DD 214, NGB 22, or similar discharge paper showing honorable or general under honorable service, and the Kansas office of veterans services must verify it. If you are applying for VA benefits, the state waives the fee for an initial certified vital record or search when you show correspondence from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or Kansas veterans services. Normal fees apply to later copies.

ID fees and six-year renewals

The application fee for a nondriver ID is $14, and renewal is $14. People 65 or older and people with a disability pay $10. A separate photo fee also applies. IDs expire on the sixth birthday after issue, and the state mails a notice at least 30 days before. Renewals received more than 90 days after expiration are treated as new applications.

Mandatory face photo on IDs

All Kansas ID applicants must have a facial image captured. The image appears on the front of the card as a color or laser-engraved photo.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 282 • No: 1

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 121 Nay: 0

Yes: 121 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 40 Nay: 0

Yes: 40 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 121 Nay: 1

Yes: 121 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026

    3/13/2026House

  2. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 3, 2026

    3/3/2026House

  3. Engrossed on Thursday, February 26, 2026

    2/27/2026House

  4. Concurred with amendments; Yea: 121 Nay: 0

    2/26/2026House

  5. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

    2/18/2026Senate

  6. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    2/17/2026Senate

  7. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    2/17/2026Senate

  8. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

    2/10/2026Senate

  9. Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 12:00 PM Room 144-S

    2/5/2026Senate

  10. Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

    1/12/2026Senate

  11. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

    3/26/2025Senate

  12. Hearing: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 12:00 PM Room 159-S

    3/25/2025Senate

  13. Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

    3/24/2025Senate

  14. Withdrawn from Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

    3/21/2025Senate

  15. Referred to Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

    2/26/2025Senate

  16. Received and Introduced

    2/25/2025Senate

  17. Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 1

    2/20/2025House

  18. Committee of the Whole - Be passed

    2/19/2025House

  19. Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 281-N

    2/13/2025House

  20. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Veterans and Military

    2/13/2025House

  21. Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 281-N - CANCELED

    2/11/2025House

  22. Introduced

    2/5/2025House

  23. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military

    2/5/2025House

Bill Text

  • As Amended by Senate Committee

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  • As Further Amended by Senate Committee

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  • As introduced

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  • Enrolled

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