# Kansas HB 2502: Requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.

Kansas HB 2502, Requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses., 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 Senate Committee); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2502
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on agriculture and natural resources, house committee on federal and state affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (222 yes, 22 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: 111 Nay: 11 | pass | 111 | 11 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 111 | 11 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Friday, February 20, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 111, Nay 11, Absent 3 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)
- 2026-01-27: Hearing: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-01-21: Introduced (House)
- 2026-01-21: Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2502/hb2502_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2502/hb2502_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 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 Federal and State Affairs (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2502/hb2502_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2502/hb2502_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 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-HB2502-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).