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KS SB 281

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House Substitute for Substitute for SB 281 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
2025-02-27
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-10 — Died in Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Ways and Meansprimary
  • Committee on Educationcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-10

    Died in Committee

    failure

  2. 2026-02-18

    Ruled materially changed and referred to Senate Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-17

    Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 75, Nay 48, Absent 2

    passage

  4. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended

    passage

  5. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Suzanne Wikle was rejected

  6. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Suzanne Wikle

  7. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Carolyn Caiharr was rejected

  8. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Carolyn Caiharr

  9. 2026-02-16

    Motion to rise and report adopted. Bill remains on General Orders.

  10. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jerry Stogsdill was rejected

  11. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Jerry Stogsdill

  12. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Kyle McNorton was adopted

    passage

  13. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Kyle McNorton

  14. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Kyle McNorton was rejected

  15. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Kyle McNorton

  16. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Brett Fairchild was adopted

    passage

  17. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Brett Fairchild

  18. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jill Ward was adopted

    passage

  19. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Jill Ward

  20. 2026-02-16

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed

    passage

  21. 2026-02-12

    Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Education

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-03-24

    Referred to House Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-03-24

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  24. 2025-03-20

    Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 40, Nay 0

    passage

  25. 2025-03-20

    Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed

    passage

  26. 2025-03-20

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed

    passage

  27. 2025-03-19

    Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-03-03

    Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Government Efficiency; Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Senate Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-02-27

    Introduced

    introduction

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Related bills

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Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB281/

Attribution

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