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HB 2072

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, establishing the Tuition Waiver for Native American Students Program.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Tarah Probst and 4 co-sponsors

HB 2072 would create mandatory licensure for art therapists in Kansas, establishing LPAT/LCAT titles, supervision requirements, and penalties for practicing without a license.

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Bill Summary · HB 2072

Summary — HB 2072 (materials provided)

Important note: the materials you supplied are inconsistent. The Bill Information heading names HB 2072 as “An Act … establishing the Tuition Waiver for Native American Students Program” (amending the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949), but the attached documents contain several different HB 2072 drafts from multiple jurisdictions (Kansas art-therapist licensure fiscal note and bill text, an Arizona same‑day voter registration draft, and an Illinois technical amendment). No text for a Tuition Waiver / Native American Students program was included. Below I summarize the actual documents you provided and note the procedural information that accompanied them.

1) Fiscal note — Art Therapist Licensure Act (Kansas)

Source: Kansas Division of the Budget (Feb 20, 2025)

  • Purpose: Fiscal analysis of enactment of an Art Therapist Licensure Act administered by the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board.
  • Key provisions summarized in fiscal note:
    • Makes it unlawful to practice or represent oneself as a professional or clinical art therapist without state licensure; violation is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
    • Establishes licensing processes (professional art therapist, clinical art therapist, temporary license), disciplinary authority for the Board (including fines up to $1,000/violation), confidentiality rules with enumerated exceptions, and disclosure obligations to clients about training and medical limits.
    • Administrative and judicial review procedures follow existing Kansas administrative and judicial review laws.
  • Fiscal impact:
    • Estimated revenue: FY2026 — $43,750 if 250 applicants (fee assumed $175); FY2027 — $8,750 if 50 applicants. Of revenue, 90% to agency fee fund, 10% to State General Fund.
    • Board expects implementation costs (forms, vendor changes) and intends to absorb costs within current resources.
    • Office of Judicial Administration notes potential increase in court filings and supervision workload but cannot quantify fiscal impact.
  • Effect on stakeholders: behavioral sciences board, current and prospective art therapists, clients (new professional standards and disclosure rules), courts.

2) Introduced bill text — Arizona (Same‑Day Voter Registration)

(Prefiled Jan 8, 2025; introduced version language)

  • Purpose: Add Article 1.2 to Title 16 to allow same‑day and late pre‑election registration.
  • Key provisions:
    • Permit registration during the 28 days before an election and on election day at the voter’s precinct if the person has been a county/precinct resident for at least 29 days before the election (odd phrasing — likely intended residency requirement).
    • Registrants under this provision vote by provisional ballot for that election; they may vote normally in future elections held at least 29 days later.
    • Registration under this article allows voting for federal, statewide, countywide and legislative offices but not partisan primary elections.
    • Secretary of State and county election officers must promptly implement the article.
  • Effect on stakeholders: county election offices, new registrants, provisional ballot processing, election administration.

3) Introduced bill text — Kansas (Art Therapist Licensure Act)

(As introduced Jan 23, 2025 — mirrors fiscal note)

  • Key definitions (art therapy, licensed professional art therapist (LPAT), licensed clinical art therapist (LCAT), supervised experience, temporary license).
  • Licensing requirements (example highlights):
    • LPAT: ≥21 years old; master’s degree in art therapy or substantially equivalent program with ≥60 graduate credit hours; ≥1 year/1,500 supervised hours (≥1,000 direct client contact after degree); ≥100 hours clinical supervision; passing national art therapy exam; fees.
    • LCAT: must already be LPAT (or meet LPAT qualifications) plus additional graduate coursework (≥9 credit hours) and ≥3 years/3,000 supervised hours (including ≥2 years/3,000 hours after graduate degree — truncated in provided text).
    • Temporary license to complete postgraduate supervised experience under direct supervision.
  • Discipline, confidentiality, and consumer‑disclosure rules included.

4) Introduced bill text — Illinois (technical change)

  • Very limited: corrects wording of short title of the Illinois Act on the Aging (duplicate "and and" to "and").

Procedural status (from your list)

  • Multiple entries (prefiled Jan 8; filed/introduced Jan 23–24; readings and committee referrals between Jan–May 2025; Do Pass from Executive Committee 3/12). Because the materials cover different states and drafts, it’s unclear which jurisdiction’s timeline applies to the Tuition Waiver bill you referenced.

Next steps / Recommendations

  • Please confirm which HB 2072 you want summarized:
    • (A) The Tuition Waiver for Native American Students Program (provide the bill text),
    • (B) Kansas Art Therapist Licensure Act (full text),
    • (C) Arizona same‑day voter registration, or
    • (D) Illinois technical amendment.
  • If you intended the Tuition Waiver bill, please re‑upload or paste its bill text so I can prepare a focused summary of purpose, provisions, affected parties, fiscal effects, and procedural timeline.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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