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IntroducedFeb 05, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Enacting the Haylee Weissenbach protecting students act to establish the office of education inspector general, authorize the education inspector general to conduct audits, investigations and reviews of educational institutions, require reporting of suspected professional and criminal misconduct by school employees and agents, require certain individuals to register on an educator misconduct registry, require criminal history record checks of school employees and agents and provide for civil penalties for violations of this act.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 491
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Educationsponsor
Votes
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Committee
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S event
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Education; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Education
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by James Franko, President, Kansas Policy Institute
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Dr. John Walker, Superintendent, Central Christian School
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Bob Struart, Executive Officer, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Lona Gorman, Kansas Home Educators
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Autumn Faulkner, Director of State Policy Engagement, Association of Christian Schools International
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Stephanie Pierce, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Faith Colson, Survivor, Policy Expert, namesake of Faith's Law (IL), —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Senator Doug Shane, District #37
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Sy Colao, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Denise Roberts, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Erika Sheets, Chairman, Moms for Liberty, Johnson County
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Michelle Stolleis Denault, Survivor, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Jami Klenda, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner, Kansas State Department of Education
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Scott A. Woodruff, Senior Counsel, Home School Legal Defense Association
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Matt Bingesser, Administrative Counsel,, Office of the Attorney General
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocary, Kansas Association of School Boards
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs, Kansas National Education Association
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Rachel Harris, Parent, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Laporte, Parent, —
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Robert Simmons, President, Midwest Parent Educators
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Chuck Weber, Executive Director, Kansas Catholic Conference
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Tanner Tempel, State Director, Americans For Prosperity
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools
- Senate · Committee on Education, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Jim Karleskint, United School Administrators
