# Kansas HB 2294: Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.

Kansas HB 2294, Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2294
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on public health and welfare, house committee on commerce, house committee on appropriations
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (206 yes, 30 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 Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 103 Nay: 15 | pass | 103 | 15 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed | pass | 103 | 15 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (House)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (House)
- 2025-03-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 103, Nay 15, Absent 7 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-03-17: Withdrawn from House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Rereferred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-03-11: Withdrawn from House Committee on Calendar and Printing; Referred to House Committee on Calendar and Printing (House)
- 2025-03-06: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-06: Committee of the Whole - Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-02-27: Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2025-02-17: Withdrawn from House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-02-05: Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-05: Referred to House Committee on Appropriations (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2294/hb2294_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2294/hb2294_00_0000.pdf)
- Sub: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2294/hb2294_02_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 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 Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2294/hb2294_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2294/hb2294_00_0000.pdf)
- [Sub (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2294/hb2294_02_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 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-HB2294-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).