# Kansas HB 2588: Providing for statewide electrician licensing by the state fire marshal.

Kansas HB 2588, Providing for statewide electrician licensing by the state fire marshal., 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 on Senate General Orders); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2588
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Providing for statewide electrician licensing by the state fire marshal.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-28
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died on Senate General Orders
- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (226 yes, 18 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: 113 Nay: 9 | pass | 113 | 9 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 113 | 9 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-04-10: Died on Senate General Orders (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 113, Nay 9, Absent 3 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sean Tarwater was adopted (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-02-05: Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-01-29: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced (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_2588/hb2588_01_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2588/hb2588_03_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2588/hb2588_00_0000.pdf)
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2588/hb2588_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_2588/hb2588_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2588/hb2588_03_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2588/hb2588_00_0000.pdf)
- [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2588/hb2588_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-HB2588-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).