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IntroducedJan 15, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 10, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Requiring school districts to provide students with a certain amount of daily recess and moderate physical activity per day, prohibiting limiting or withholding physical activity for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 17, 2026: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
House Calendar: General Orders
Position: 33
Summary
Comments on SB 339
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Educationsponsor

Votes
Actions
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended 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
- Final Action - Not passed; Yea: 17 Nay: 23
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 24 Nay: 15
- Mar 09, 2026 | 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 Shane
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Shane was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- 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- Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole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- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
- Jan 26, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 2:30 PM Room 144-S
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
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
- 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, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (SB 339 Summary Memorandum)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy,, Kansas Association of School Boards (SB 339 Op In Person)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karlskint,, United School Administrators (SB 339 Op In Person)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Beryl New & Kathy Hopkins,, Legislative Liaisons, Kansas State Board of Education (SB 339 Op Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Susan Willis, Government Liaison,, Wichita Public Schools USD 259 (SB 339 Op Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent,, Olathe Public Schools (SB 339 Op Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Fury-Aguirre, Manager of Kansas Policy & Outreach, Aligned, Aligned (SB 339 Pro Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, Member,, Kansas Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Council (SB 339 Pro Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Tiffany Schmidtberger, Public (SB 339 Pro Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Andrew Weins, Director of Government Relations,, Dugan Consulting Group (SB 339 Pro In Person)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner of Fiscal & Administrative Sevices,, Kansas State Department of Education (SB 339 Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Fri, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner of Fiscal and Adminustrative Services,, Kansas State Department of Education (SB 339 Neutral In Person)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jessica Kilby, Instructional Coach, (Proponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by John Mazin, Visiting Fellow, FGA Action (Proponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Debbie Potter, District 10 Member, Kansas State Board of Education (Proponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Fury-Aguirre, Manager of Kansas Policy and Outreach, Aligned (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jill O'Connor, Precinct Committee Woman, Overland Park 5-18 (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Linda Highland, Private Citizen, (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jonathan Smith, Private Citizen, (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Alexandra Shoup, Private Citizen, (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Beryl New, Legislative Liaison, Kansas State Board of Education (Opponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards (Opponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators (Opponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools (Opponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Brenda Scrupp Andrier, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Education, Thu, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Memo)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education
