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IntroducedJan 21, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2025
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Signed into LawApr 10, 2025
Expanding the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in the Kansas promise scholarship program.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2025: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 44
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Educationsponsor
- Mike O'Neal on behalf of Wichita Technical InstituteRequester
Votes
YES: 77
- Anderson
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergquist
- Bloom
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- W.
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hill
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Neelly
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Sanders
- Sawyer
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- L.
NO: 41
YES: 102
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Carlin
- B.
- W.
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hill
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Osman
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sawyer
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- L.
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 21
Actions
- Apr 10, 2025 | Senate
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Mar 26, 2025 | Senate
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 102 Nay: 21
- Mar 24, 2025 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Representative Estes, Representative McNorton and Representative Stogsdill appointed as conferees
- Mar 24, 2025 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Erickson , Senator Thomas and Senator Sykes as conferees
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Schmoe
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Schmoe was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 77 Nay: 41
- Mar 12, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Mar 05, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 218-N - CANCELED
- Feb 20, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 3
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pettey Committee on Education
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pettey was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Feb 04, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- Jan 22, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 21, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As introducedPDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}PDF
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}PDF
- Conference Committee Report - Wed, Mar 26, 2025 - Amendment to SB44PDF
- EnrolledPDF
- House Amendment -- Offered by Representative Schmoe, 03/20/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Pettey Committee on Education, 02/18/2025PDF
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Wed, Mar 26, 2025PDF
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Memorandum SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Adam C. Proffitt, Director of Budget, Division of Budget, Kansas (Fiscal Note SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Kylee Childs, Director of Government Affairs, LeadingAge Kansas (Proponent Written SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Mike O'Neal, Kansas Policy Institute, Wichita Technical Institute (Proponent SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Elaine Frisbie, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Kansas Board of Regents (Expand Promise Scholarship)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Heather Morgan, Executive Director, Kansas Association of Community Colleges (Neutral Testimony SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Jim Genandt, President, Kansas Technical Colleges (Opponent SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Charles Friedrichs, Owner & Managing Director, Heartland Welding Academy (Proponent SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Jason P. Watkins, Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce (Proponent SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Jenna Akpan on behalf of, Wichita Technical Institute (Proponent Oral SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Jenna Akpan on behalf of, Wichita Technical Institute (Graduation Employment Outcomes)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 4, 2025: Testimony by Jenna Akpan on behalf of, Wichita Technical Institute (Admission Binder)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revision of Statutes (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Jenna Akpan, Corporate Director of Adminissions,, Wichita Technical Institute (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Mike O'Neal, Wichita Technical Institute (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Kylee Childs, Director of Government Affairs,, LeadingAge Kansas (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Elaine Frisbie, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Kansas Board of Regents (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Heather Morgan, Executive Director,, Kansas Association of Community Colleges (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Charles Friedrichs, Heartland Welding Academy (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Jason Watkins, Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by William Wilk, Senior Director of Government Affairs, Kansas Chamber (SB44)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statues (SB44)
- Conference Committee Report
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
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