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HB 2223

AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to optometry; modifying certain provisions of the optometry law related to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements; amending K.S.A. 65-1501, 65-1509a, 65-1512, 65-1523 and 74-1504 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1501a and 65-1505 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-1514 and 74-1505.

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House - Emergency Final Action - Passed; - 03/18/2025

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (97):

Alcala, Anderson, Awerkamp, Barrett, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Brantley, Brownlee Paige, Buehler, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Chauncey, Collins, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Francis, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Helwig, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, Humphries, James, Johnson, Kessler, King, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Moser, Mosley, Neelly, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Ousley, Pickert, Pishny, Poetter Parshall, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, S. Ruiz, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, Simmons, A. Smith, C. Smith, Steele, Stiens, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Thompson, Turk, Turner, VanHouden, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, Wikle, Wilborn, Willcott, K. Williams, L. Williams, Winn, Wolf, Woodard,

Nay - (24):

Amyx, Ballard, Borjon, Bryce, Butler, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Droge, Gardner, Helgerson, Lewis, Long, Martinez, Minnix, Neighbor, Osman, Poskin, L. Ruiz, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Vaughn, White, Xu,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (4):

Haskins, Penn, Waggoner, Ward,

Not Voting - (0):