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IntroducedJan 12, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 18, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 18, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2026: No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2412
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 124
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
YES: 40
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Craig Bowser
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Marci Francisco
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Scott Hill
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Silas Miller
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Caryn Tyson
- Kellie Warren
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 80
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Lauren Bohi
- Sherri Brantley
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Shawn Chauncey
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Daniel Hawkins
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Kyle McNorton
- Lisa M. Moser
- Lance W. Neelly
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Bill Rhiley
- Webster T. Roth
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Mike Storm
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Rick Wilborn
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
NO: 43
- Mike Amyx
- Barbara Ballard
- Abi Boatman
- Jesse Borjon
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Nathan Butler
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Ford Carr
- Kenneth Collins
- Pam Curtis
- Linda Featherston
- Kirk Haskins
- Henry Helgerson
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Angelina Roeser
- Susan Ruiz
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Mark Schreiber
- Alexis Simmons
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Sean Willcott
- Valdenia Winn
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
ABSENT: 2
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Friday, April 10, 2026
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 13, 2026
- Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Thursday, April 23, 2026
- No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 80, Nay 43, Absent 2
- Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 23, Nay 14, Absent 3
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton, and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill are appointed to replace Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams, and Rep. Dan Osman on the Conference Committee
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas, and Sen. Dinah Sykes are appointed to replace Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus, and Sen. Ethan Corson on the Conference Committee
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S event
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Jan 12, 2026 | House
- Prefiled for Introduction on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteeHTML
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026HTML
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026HTML
- EnrolledPDF
- EnrolledHTML
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Mon, Feb 2, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Mon, Feb 2, 2026)HTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Thu, Mar 5, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Thu, Mar 5, 2026)HTML
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Fri, Mar 27, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Fri, Mar 27, 2026HTML
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Ellen Johnson, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Shelby Cannon, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jordan Chessher, Project Heaven
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Rep Ken Collins, KS 2nd District
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Lisa Eastwood, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Janet Holden, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Revisors Office
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 4, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisors Office, State of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Ken Collins, KS Representative 2nd District, State of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Jordan Chessher, Founder, Project Heaven Child Advocacy
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Shelby Cannon, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Debra Hobbs, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 4, 2026: Testimony by Lisa Eastwood, Private Citizen

