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IntroducedJan 12, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.
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Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 302
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Sen. Elaine BowersCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Craig BowserCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Joseph ClaeysCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. William CliffordCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Ethan CorsonCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Renee EricksonCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Michael FaggCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Oletha Faust GoudeauCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Marci FranciscoCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Scott HillCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Jeff KlempCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Rick KloosCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Mike PetersenCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Pat PetteyCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Ty MastersonCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Michael MurphyCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Stephen OwensCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Virgil PeckCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. TJ RoseCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Tim ShallenburgerCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Doug ShaneCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Brad StarnesCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Dinah SykesCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Mike ThompsonCurrent Sponsor
- Sen. Kellie WarrenCurrent Sponsor
Votes
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Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Committee
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Education; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 2:30 PM — Room 144-S event
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Education
- Jan 12, 2026 | Senate
- Prefiled for Introduction on Tuesday, January 6, 2026
- Introduced
Bill Texts
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Emily Brownlee, Parent, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Michael Chartier, Midwest Legilative Director, ExcelinEd in Action
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Kevin Cronister, Law Enforcement Officer, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Anthony Dummermuth, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by April Holman, Executive Director, Alliance for a Healthy Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by John Ketchum, Senior Fellow and Director of Cities, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Katie Longhauser, Founder, Kids Digital Health Hub and Screen Guardians
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Adrienne Olejnik, Vice President, Kansas Action for Children
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Gretchen Shanahan, Parent, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Ngoc Vuong, Member, Wichita Public School Board
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Amy Warren, Co-Chair, Kansas Coalition for Distraction-Free Schools
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Katie Whitman, Co-Lead, Smartphone Free Childhood US
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Cathy Hopkins, Liaision, Kansas State School Board
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Kansas State Department of Education
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Ann Mah, Retiree, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Mary F. Sinclair, PhD, Advocacy Team,, Kansas PTA
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by SB 302 Written Only, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by SB 302 Written Only, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Kailey Howell, Student, Spring Hill High School
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Susan Willis, Government Liaison, Wichita Public Schools
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