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IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 10, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
House Substitute for SB 263 by Committee on Education - Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools and regulating active shooter simulations.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 18, 2026: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Education
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
House Calendar: General Orders
Position: 31
Summary
Comments on SB 263
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Educationsponsor
- Committee on Federal and State AffairsOriginal Sponsor
Votes
Actions
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Friday, March 13, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Dietrich
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Dietrich was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Mar 18, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
- Feb 27, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- Feb 13, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 11, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As introducedPDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}PDF
- H Sub forPDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Claeys, 03/10/2026PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Claeys, 03/10/2026PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Claeys, 03/10/2026PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Claeys, 03/10/2026PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Dietrich, 03/10/2026PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Sykes, 03/10/2026PDF
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- H Sub for - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor,, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (SB 263 Summary Memorandum)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Brian Peete, Executive Director,, Prevent the Aftermath (PTA) (SB 263 Pro In Person)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Katia Rodriguez, Manager of State Policy,, Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund (SB 263 Pro In Person)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Mo Canady, Executive Director,, National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) (SB 263 Pro Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy,, Kansas Association of School Boards (SB 263 Neutral In Person)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Minutes
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Mark Engholm, State Fire Marshall, Office of the State Fire Marshall (Neutral SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Katie Rodriguez, Manager of State Policy, Sandy Hook Promise (Proponent SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Memo SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Jim Karlskint, United School Administrators (Neutral Oral SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Timothy Graham, Manager of State Policy, Kansas National Education Association (Neutral Oral SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Lori Greenfield, Elementary Teacher, Private Citizen (Neutral Oral SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools (Neutral Written SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Terri Moses, Division Director, Safety & Environmental Services, USD 259 - Wichita Public Schools (Opponent SB263)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Feb 27, 2025: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards (Oral Neutral SB263)
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
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