# Kansas HB 2761: Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants. Kansas HB 2761, Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on K-12 Education Budget; status signed, last action 2026-04-03 (Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2761-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2761 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-06 - Last action: 2026-04-03, Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on education, house committee on k-12 education budget - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (318 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Speech pathologists face new assistant supervision rules: mixed, medium. Supervising speech-language pathologists need an active Kansas license or practice privilege and two years of full-time postgraduate professional experience. They also need at least two hours of supervision training and one hour of ethics training every three years. They cannot supervise while unde… - Kansas speech assistants need licenses and training: mixed, medium. Kansas creates a state license for speech-language pathology assistants through the Secretary for Aging and Disability Services. Applicants need one of three education paths: an accredited bachelor's degree in communication sciences and disorders; another bachelor's degree plus 24 semester hours of… - Speech assistants face discipline and title penalties: mixed, low. Kansas establishes license denial, suspension, revocation, or limits for misconduct by speech-language pathology assistants. Grounds include false statements, unauthorized practice, incompetence, repeated negligence, unethical conduct, impairment while providing services, certain convictions, and r… - Speech assistants can help, with care limits: mixed, low. Trained assistants can provide supervisor-directed screenings without interpretation, planned treatment, progress notes, assessment support, teletherapy, and caregiver coaching. They can also help with communication devices, records, equipment, research, training, and public outreach. They must ide… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on K-12 Education Budget ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 1 | pass | 121 | 1 | | | 2026-03-17 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 121 | 1 | | ## Actions (16) - 2026-04-03: Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-24: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-17: Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 1, 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) - 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (House) - 2026-02-12: Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2026-02-06: Introduced (House) - 2026-02-06: Referred to House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2761/hb2761_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2761/hb2761_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2761/hb2761_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 House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2761/hb2761_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2761/hb2761_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2761/hb2761_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) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2761-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).