# Kansas HB 2274: 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.

Kansas HB 2274, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Veterans and Military; status signed, last action 2026-03-12 (Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2274
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: 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.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2026-03-12, Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Veterans and Military
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on senate select committee on veterans affairs, senate committee on ways and means, house committee on veterans and military
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 6 (564 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Easier nondriver IDs for homeless veterans: benefit, low. 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 pe…
- Discharge proof required for veteran ID marks: cost, low. 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 hono…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Veterans and Military

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 0 | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 1 | pass | 121 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | House | Concurred with amendments | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 121 | 1 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2026-03-12: Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-03: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-27: Engrossed on Thursday, February 26, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-26: Concurred with amendments; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 12:00 PM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Hearing: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 12:00 PM — Room 159-S (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Final Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3 (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2025-02-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Veterans and Military (House)
- 2025-02-13: Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N (House)
- 2025-02-11: Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N — CANCELED (House)
- 2025-02-05: Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-05: Referred to House Committee on Veterans and Military (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_01_0000.pdf)
- As Further Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_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 Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Further Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2274/hb2274_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2274-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).