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HB 2365 establishes the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, to expand mental health care access in south-central Kansas, specifically serving Sedgwick County and surrounding areas. The bill creates a dedicated "South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital Fee Fund" managed by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, which will collect and allocate funds from patient charges and operations. It also directs the department to establish an extension to the state security hospital in Larned for housing patients committed by courts, transferred from correctional facilities, or requiring specialized mental health care. This facility aims to address regional mental health bed shortages without altering existing criminal law provisions referenced in the bill text.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 7, 2025
Signed Apr 10, 2026
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As Amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
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As Amended by House Committee
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The bill text was reorganized to reflect amendments by the House Committee, removing the Senate Committee version header. The substantive content regarding the establishment of a regional mental health hospital in Wichita remains unchanged. A minor technical edit was made to a separate battery statute within the document, adding a new subsection that clarifies when acts under K.S.A. 8-1567 result in aggravated battery.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding the new mental health facility in Wichita remains unchanged; the change is purely a formatting update to reflect the House Committee's final text.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to remove the 'As Amended by Senate Committee' label and replace it with 'As Amended by House Committee', indicating the final version of the bill text.
A new subsection (4) was added to the definition of aggravated battery, clarifying that committing an act described in K.S.A. 8-1567 results in aggravated battery if bodily harm occurs under circumstances where great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death could have been inflicted.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
18
Committee
12
Apr 10, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Friday, April 10, 2026
lower
Mar 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 76, Nay 49
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 34, Nay 5, Absent 1
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz appointed as second conferees
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as second conferees
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 2, Absent 2
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bill Sutton
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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