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IntroducedJan 29, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Enacting the safeguarding personal expression at K-12 schools act to authorize students and student clubs or organizations to engage in certain speech or expression at school and providing a civil cause of action for violations of the act.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 02, 2026: Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole
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Summary
Comments on SB 421
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Sponsors
- Committee on Educationsponsor
Votes
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Actions
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- Jan 30, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Lance Kinzer, Policy Director, First Amendment Partnership (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools USD 233 (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Victoria Anderson, State Policy Specialist, American Atheists (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Laurel Burchfield, Advocacy Director, Mainstream Coalition (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Logan DeMond, Director of Policy and Research, American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Leslie D. Mark, Kansas Citizen, (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Jay Simmons, Kansas Citizen, (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Brittany Jones, President, Kansas Family Voice (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Sara Beth Nolan, Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Lucrecia Nold, Policy Specialist, Kansas Catholic Conference (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Brianne Vinson, Parent, (Proponent - Complaint)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Brianne Vinson, Parent, (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Vikki Mullins, President, Kansas PTA (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Revisor Memo)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
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