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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Enacting the applied behavior analysis services in school act to authorize the provision of medically necessary behavioral health services by private providers in schools and requiring school districts to adopt policies for the provision of such services.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 10, 2026: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Senate Calendar: General Orders
Position: 12
Summary
Comments on SB 441
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Educationsponsor

Votes
Actions
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Education; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Senator Kenny Titus, District #18 (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Katelin Christian-Donkers, Parent of child with Autism (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Holly Creamer, BCBA, Heartland ABA (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Christine Durrett, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Flint Hills Neuropsychology (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Nancy Evangelidis, Parent of child with Autism (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Trista Fergerson, BCBA, LBA, Director, Perfect fit Therapy Clinic (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Amanda Gray, Parent of child with Autism (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Liz Hueben, Attorney, Disability Rights Center of Kansas (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Kim Moir, Parent of child with Autism (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Julie Moore, MS, BCBA, LBA, Ad Astra MHK (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Anna Nippert, MS, ECSE Autism Specialist, Ad Astra MHK (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Kevin Steinmetz, Parent, (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Daniel Unumb, President, Autism Legal Resource Center (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Proponent Written A-T, (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Mary Sinclair PhD Advocacy Team, Kansas PTA (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Angela Stallbaumer, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Kansas Association of School Boards (Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Kyle Carlson, Director of Special Education, West Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative #708 (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Gillian Chapman, Superintendent, Blue Valley School District (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Amy Haussler, Ed.S., Director of Special Education, Holton Special Education Cooperative (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Jess Herbig, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, Goddard Public Schools USD 265 (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Beryl New, Legislative Liaison, Kansas State board of Education (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Katherine Kersenbrock-Ostmeyer, Retired Director, Special Education (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Jessica Nelson, BCBA, Director of Special Education, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Ashley Riley, Director of Special Education, Barton County Special Services Cooperative (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Sarah Sanders, Special Services Director, Kaw Valley USD #321 (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Michael Schumacher, Superintendent, Shawnee Mission School District (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Libby Self, Special Education Specalist, (Opponent Written)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner, Kansas State Department of Education (Neutral)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association (Neutral)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Erika Sheets, Parent, (Neutral)
- Senate Committee on Education, Wed, Feb 25, 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
