All Roll Calls
Yes: 564 • No: 2
KansasHB 22742025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
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: Committee on Veterans and Military
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Easier nondriver IDs for homeless veterans
Homeless veterans can get Kansas nondriver IDs without a home address, and these cards do not expire. A letter or certificate can verify residence or services received from Kansas veterans services, a Kansas veterans medical center, a correctional facility, or a Kansas nonprofit serving homeless people. Applicants can also use copies or digital versions of accepted identity papers and certain expired IDs. Certified vital-record copies, abstracts, and searches needed for the ID application are free with qualifying correspondence stating that need. That correspondence must come from Kansas veterans services, the Kansas soldiers’ or veterans’ home, a Kansas veterans medical center, a correctional facility, or a Kansas nonprofit serving homeless people.
Discharge proof required for veteran ID marks
Veterans requesting a “VETERAN” mark on a Kansas nondriver ID must provide discharge papers to the Kansas Office of Veterans Services. Accepted papers include DD Form 214, NGB Form 22, or an equivalent discharge document. The papers must show an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Committee on Veterans and Military
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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
House vote • 2/26/2026
Concurred with amendments
Yes: 121 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/18/2026
Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 2/20/2025
Final Action - Passed
Yes: 121 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026
3/12/2026HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 3, 2026
3/3/2026HouseEngrossed on Thursday, February 26, 2026
2/27/2026HouseConcurred with amendments; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4
2/26/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
2/18/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/17/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/17/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
2/10/2026SenateHearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 12:00 PM — Room 144-S
2/5/2026SenateWithdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
1/12/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
3/26/2025SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 12:00 PM — Room 159-S
3/25/2025SenateWithdrawn from Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
3/24/2025SenateWithdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
3/21/2025SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
2/26/2025SenateReceived and Introduced
2/25/2025SenateFinal Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3
2/20/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
2/19/2025HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Veterans and Military
2/13/2025HouseHearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N
2/13/2025HouseHearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N — CANCELED
2/11/2025HouseIntroduced
2/5/2025HouseReferred to House Committee on Veterans and Military
2/5/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As Further Amended by Senate Committee
As Introduced
Enrolled
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