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KansasHB 25952025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Substitute for HB 2595 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act, providing stipends to law students who meet certain requirements and agree to practice law in rural areas and providing loan forgiveness to lawyers who meet certain requirements and practice law in rural areas.
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Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Law school stipends for rural practice
The law creates a stipend program for Washburn and KU law students who agree to work in rural Kansas. You can get up to $3,000 per school year, for up to three years, for school costs. After you pass the Kansas bar, you must start full-time practice in a rural community within 90 days. You must work 12 straight months in rural Kansas for each year you got a stipend. If you do not meet this, you must repay what you got, minus credit for time worked, plus interest at prime + 2% compounded yearly, within 90 days. You can pause the requirement for a temporary medical disability, family and medical leave, or other agreed pauses; permanent disability or death satisfies it. Schools give preference to Kansas residents. The program depends on state funding and runs through July 1, 2031.
Loan repayment for rural Kansas attorneys
The state offers loan repayment to licensed attorneys who live and practice in rural Kansas. To qualify, you must apply, have a law degree, be licensed and in good standing in Kansas, and owe student loans. The program can pay principal, interest, and related costs on your student loans, including undergraduate loans. You can get up to $20,000 per year, up to $100,000 total, for no more than five years. You must sign an agreement to practice at least 12 straight months for each year you get help; agreements include penalties for breach and the department enforces them. You can pause the requirement for temporary medical disability, family and medical leave, or other agreed pauses; permanent disability or death satisfies it. The program depends on state funding and runs through July 1, 2031.
Program fund and start date
Kansas sets up a state fund to pay the student stipends and loan repayment in this act. The Department of Commerce manages the fund, and money can be spent only on these program payments, as appropriated. The law takes effect when it is published in the statute book. Authority for these programs ends July 1, 2031.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 118 Nay: 4
Yes: 118 • No: 4
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 119 Nay: 3
Yes: 119 • No: 3
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 34 Nay: 6
Yes: 34 • No: 6
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
4/9/2026HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
3/26/2026HouseConcurred with amendments; Yea: 119 Nay: 3
3/24/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/19/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/19/2026SenateEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 6
3/19/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
3/16/2026SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
3/10/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2/25/2026SenateReceived and Introduced
2/24/2026SenateFinal Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 4
2/19/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/18/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/18/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
2/17/2026HouseHearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
2/12/2026HouseWithdrawn from Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
2/10/2026HouseIntroduced
1/29/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
1/29/2026House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As introduced
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