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IntroducedFeb 06, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Authorizing children in the custody of the secretary of the department for children and families to attend school in any school district, requiring records for such students to be timely transferred between school districts and requiring a transportation plan if the child remains in the school of origin.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 26, 2026: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2320
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on K-12 Education Budgetsponsor

Votes
YES: 122
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Friday, February 20, 2026
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on K-12 Education Budget
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 546-S
- Feb 13, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 546-S
- Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 546-S
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on K-12 Education Budget
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations & Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association (Proponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Fury-Aguirre, Manager, Kansas Policy and Outreach, Aligned (Proponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Brenna Visocsky, Just Campaign Director, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Shannon Kimball, Government Relations Specialist, Kansas Association of School Boards (Neutral)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Angela Hedrick, Vice President of Operations, KVC Kansas (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Kristalle Hedrick, CEO, Children's Alliance of Kansas (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Kerrie Lonard, Child Advocate, Kansas Office of the Child Advocate (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Mar 11, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Revisor Memo)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Fury Aguirre, Aligned (Foster Care schoo Attendance)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Kristelle Hedrick, Children' Alliance of Kansas (Foster Care school attendance)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Angela Hedrick, Kaw Valley Center (Foster Care Schooling)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Angela Hedrick, Kaw Valley Center (Foster Care Schooling)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Shannon Kimball, KASB (Children in Foster Care)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Kerrie Lonard, Office of the Child Advocate (Children in Foster Care)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Timothy Graham, KNEA (Children in Foster Care)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Rebecca Gerhardt, DCF (Foster Care Report Card)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Nick Myers, KLRD (HB 2320 Bill Brief)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Nick Meyers, Revisors office (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Tanya Keys, Department of Chilren and Families (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Kristalle Hedrick, Childrens Alliance (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Kerrie Leonard, Kansas Office Childrens Advocacy (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Tabitha Gibson, The Family initiative (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Matt Stevens, Saint Francis (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Amanda Showalter, Cornerstone (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Angela Hedrick, Kaw Valley Center (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Kansas Association of School BoardsSB (HB2320)
- Senate Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Gabriel Pogany, Kaw Valley Center (HB2320)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on K-12 Education Budget
