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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 elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess 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 • Apr 10, 2026: Died on House Calendar
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 339
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Educationsponsor

Votes
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Died on House Calendar
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Friday, March 13, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N event
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Education
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 24, Nay 15, Absent 1
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 2:30 PM — Room 144-S event
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Education
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteeHTML
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}PDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}HTML
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- As Amended by House CommitteeHTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane (Mon, Mar 9, 2026)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane (Mon, Mar 9, 2026)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane (Mon, Mar 9, 2026)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane (Mon, Mar 9, 2026)HTML
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NotePDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Mon, Feb 9, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Mon, Feb 9, 2026)HTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (Tue, Mar 17, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (Tue, Mar 17, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy,, Kansas Association of School Boards
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karlskint,, United School Administrators
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Beryl New & Kathy Hopkins,, Legislative Liaisons, Kansas State Board of Education
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Susan Willis, Government Liaison,, Wichita Public Schools USD 259
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent,, Olathe Public Schools
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Fury-Aguirre, Manager of Kansas Policy & Outreach, Aligned, Aligned
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, Member,, Kansas Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Council
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Tiffany Schmidtberger, Public
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner of Fiscal & Administrative Sevices,, Kansas State Department of Education
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Andrew Weins, Director of Government Relations,, Dugan Consulting Group
- House · Committee on Education, Mar 13, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner of Fiscal and Adminustrative Services,, Kansas State Department of Education
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jessica Kilby, Instructional Coach, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by John Mazin, Visiting Fellow, FGA Action
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Debbie Potter, District 10 Member, Kansas State Board of Education
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Fury-Aguirre, Manager of Kansas Policy and Outreach, Aligned
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jill O'Connor, Precinct Committee Woman, Overland Park 5-18
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Linda Highland, Private Citizen, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jonathan Smith, Private Citizen, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Alexandra Shoup, Private Citizen, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Beryl New, Legislative Liaison, Kansas State Board of Education
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Jan 22, 2026: Testimony by Brenda Scrupp Andrier, Private Citizen
