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IntroducedJan 21, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2025
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Passed House
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Signed into Law
Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 21, 2025: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Education
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 47
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Educationsponsor
- Mike O'Neal on behalf of Kansas Policy InstituteRequester
Votes
Actions
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Education
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
- Mar 11, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Shane
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Shane was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pettey
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pettey was withdrawn
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pettey
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pettey was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 21 Nay: 19
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
- Feb 11, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 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 CommitteePDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}PDF
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Pettey, 02/19/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Pettey, 02/19/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Shane, 02/19/2025PDF
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Tracy Frederick, PhD, Director of Engagement and Strategy, Kansas School Board Resource Center (Proponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Mike O'Neal, Kansas Policy Institute (Proponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Judith Deedy on behalf, Game On for Kansas Schools (Opponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards (Opponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators (Opponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Ben Jones, Representative, Kansans for excellence in Education (Opponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Denise Shultz, President, Kansas PTA (Opponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools USD 233 (Opponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Dr. Tonya Merrigan, Superintendent, Blue Valley Schools USD229 (Opponent SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Memo SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Fliter, Leah, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy,, Kansas Association of School Boards (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Frederick, Tracy, Director of Engagement-Strategy,, Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Karleskint, Jim,, United School Adminstrators (USA) Kansas (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Cawvey Amy, Public (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Shane, Doug, Senator,, State of Kansas Senate Chamber (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Workman, Kirsten, Public (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Kimball, Shannon, Government Relations Specialist,, Kansas Association of School Boards (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Trabert, Dave, Chief Executive Officer,, Kansas Policy (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Attachment 18, Neutral Written A-Z (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Attachment 17, Proponents Written A-Z (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Tue, Mar 11, 2025: Testimony by Attachment 21, Opponents Written A-Z (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 13, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 13, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor,, Office of the Revisor of Statutues (SB47)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 13, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor,, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (SB47 Building Access)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Mar 13, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (SB47 Reasonable Meeting Limits)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education