# Kansas SB 334: Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval.

Kansas SB 334, Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce; status became law, last action 2026-04-09 (Will become law without Governor's signature) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 334
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval.
- Status: became law
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Will become law without Governor's signature
- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on commerce, senate committee on commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (238 yes, 90 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

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 81 Nay: 43 | pass | 81 | 43 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 |   |
| 2026-03-18 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 81 | 43 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 38 | 2 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-04-09: Will become law without Governor's signature (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2026-03-18: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-03-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 81, Nay 43, Absent 1 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-03-02: Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-02-19: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-19: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Introduced (Senate)
- undated: Allowed to become law without signature; 2026 Kansas session laws, chapter 33 (Governor)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_334/sb334_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_334/sb334_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_334/sb334_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_334/sb334_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB334-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).