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KS HB 2763

vetoed

Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did KS HB 2763 pass?

No. KS HB 2763 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

What is KS HB 2763 about?

KS HB 2763 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.”.

Who sponsors KS HB 2763?

Committee on Health and Human Services is the primary sponsor of KS HB 2763.

Introduced
2026-02-06
Latest action
2026-04-10 — Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Health and Human Servicesprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-04-10

    Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

  2. 2026-04-10

    Conference committee report now available

  3. 2026-04-10

    Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees

  4. 2026-04-10

    Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

  5. 2026-04-10

    Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as second conferees

  6. 2026-04-10

    Conference committee report now available

  7. 2026-04-10

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1

  8. 2026-04-10

    Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

  9. 2026-04-10

    Motion to suspend rule 1502 adopted

  10. 2026-04-10

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 74, Nay 47, Absent 4

  11. 2026-04-10

    Reengrossed on Monday, April 13, 2026

  12. 2026-04-10

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026

  13. 2026-04-10

    Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 27, 2026

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  14. 2026-04-10

    No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained

  15. 2026-03-27

    Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton, and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill are appointed to replace Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce, and Rep. Susan Ruiz on the Conference Committee

  16. 2026-03-25

    Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas, and Sen. Dinah Sykes are appointed to replace Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford, and Sen. Cindy Holscher on the Conference Committee

  17. 2026-03-23

    Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Pat Pettey appointed as conferees

  18. 2026-03-23

    Sen. Cindy Holscher is appointed to replace Sen. Pat Pettey on the Conference Committee

  19. 2026-03-19

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz

  20. 2026-03-18

    Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1

    passage

  21. 2026-03-17

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  22. 2026-03-17

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  23. 2026-03-11

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2026-02-26

    Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    referral-committee

  25. 2026-02-25

    Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026

  26. 2026-02-25

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  27. 2026-02-19

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  28. 2026-02-19

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  29. 2026-02-19

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

  30. 2026-02-19

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9

    passage

  31. 2026-02-18

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2026-02-06

    Introduced

    introduction

  33. 2026-02-06

    Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services

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Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2763/

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