Kansas b2025_26 Biennium Status: Introduced Bipartisan · 17 D · 7 R cosponsors

HB2436 — Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance.

Last action — Died in Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced January 14, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 34% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 25 sponsors

    1 primary, 24 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (17 D · 7 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to rendering medical assistance; allowing for the use of expired opioid antagonists to treat an opioid overdose; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-2312 and repealing the existing section.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Committee

  2. Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar

  4. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  5. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by

  6. Hearing: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N

  7. Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services

  8. Introduced

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 24 co-sponsors · 140 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (24)

Not signed on (140)

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB2436 do?
AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to rendering medical assistance; allowing for the use of expired opioid antagonists to treat an opioid overdose; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-2312 and repealing the existing section.
Who sponsors HB2436?
HB2436 is sponsored by Representative Ruiz, Allen Reavis (Republican), Pat Proctor (Republican), Mari-Lynn Poskin (Democrat), Melissa Oropeza (Democrat), Cindy Neighbor (Democrat), Brooklynne Mosley (Democrat), Heather Meyer (Democrat), Lynn Melton (Democrat), Nikki McDonald (Democrat), Angela Martinez (Democrat), Timothy Johnson (Republican), Nick Hoheisel (Republican), Kirk Haskins (Democrat), Linda Featherston (Democrat), Ronald Ellis (Republican), Ford Carr (Democrat), John Carmichael (Democrat), Wanda Brownlee Paige (Democrat), Mike Amyx (Democrat), Suzanne Wikle (Democrat), Rui Xu (Democrat), Brandon Woodard (Democrat), Paul Waggoner (Republican), and Kyler Sweely (Republican).
What is the current status of HB2436?
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced January 14, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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