---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB No. 142 by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Authorizing the state board of education to grant waivers for school districts from the requirement to provide a minimum number of school hours during the school term."
description: "House Substitute for SB No. 142 by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Authorizing the state board of education to grant waivers for school districts from the requirement to provide a minimum number of school hours during the school term."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Kansas SB 142 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1a7c322-549e-4b9e-8163-5e6611cabd0a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb142"
source_hash: "0c887dd9b7c54989976b103d1b279fedfd12a43aa96c013ff58c4123a81bc429"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 142 (2019-2020) — House Substitute for SB No. 142 by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Authorizing the state board of education to grant waivers for school districts from the requirement to provide a minimum number of school hours during the school term.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb142_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective March 19, 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb142_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb142_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb142_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **117–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Select Committee on Federal Tax Code Implementation — primary (organization)
- Committee on K-12 Education Budget — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Senate Select Committee on Education Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Hearing: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2019-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Select Committee on Education Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Masterson `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Masterson was rejected Yea: 11 Nay: 29 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pilcher-Cook `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pilcher-Cook was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 32 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Committee on K-12 Education Budget `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2020-03-16** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on K-12 Education Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2020-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2020-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater
- **2020-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Amendment by Representative Tarwater was withdrawn
- **2020-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater
- **2020-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Amendment by Representative Tarwater was adopted
- **2020-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2020-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 2 `passage, substitution`
- **2020-03-17** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 30 Nay: 4
- **2020-03-19** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 19, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 19, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1a7c322-549e-4b9e-8163-5e6611cabd0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).