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IntroducedJan 28, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 10, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act and authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2026: Died in House Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 419
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Educationsponsor
Votes
YES: 29
- Sen. Alley
- Sen. Billinger
- Sen. Blasi
- Sen. Blew
- Sen. Bowers
- Sen. Bowser
- Sen. Claeys
- Sen. Clifford
- Sen. Erickson
- Sen. Fagg
- Sen. Gossage
- Sen. Hill
- Sen. Klemp
- Sen. Kloos
- Sen. Masterson
- Sen. Murphy
- Sen. Owens
- Sen. Peck
- Sen. Petersen
- Sen. Rose
- Sen. Ryckman
- Sen. Shallenburger
- Sen. Shane
- Sen. Starnes
- Sen. Thomas
- Sen. Thompson
- Sen. Titus
- Sen. Tyson
- Sen. Warren
NO: 11
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Died in House Committee
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Education
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Dinah Sykes
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 29, Nay 11
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S event
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Education
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)HTML
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Logan DeMond, Director of Policy and Research, American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Rabbi Moti Rieber, Executive Director, Kansas Inter Faith Action
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Lance Kinzer, Policy Director, First Amendment Partnership
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Victoria Anderson, State Policy Specialist, American Atheists
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Laurel Burchfield, Advocacy Director, Mainstream Coalition
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Leslie D. Mark, Kansas Citizen, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Jay Simmons, Kansas Citizen, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by The Reverand Doctor Mandy Todd, Kansas Inter Faith Action
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Gavin Caldwell, President, Turning Point USA at Kansas State
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Theo Grabill, President, Turning Point USA at University of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Brittany Jones, President, Kansas Family Voice
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Samuel MacRoberts, Litigatiion Director and General Counsel, Kansas Justice Institute
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Sara Beth Nolan, Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Cody Reynolds, Kansas Resident, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Tanner Tempel, Deputy State Director, Americans for Prosperity
- Senate · Committee on Education, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Ty Masterson, President, Kansas Senate
