---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing students enrolled in a virtual school to take virtual state assessments."
description: "Authorizing students enrolled in a virtual school to take virtual state assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2080"
citation: "Kansas HB 2080 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc0b800-3e09-4dc0-8418-fa0440189b65"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2080/"
source_hash: "d896acc68867081208f62d214a60868bf94a11ea4348d8f285df27626b5cf987"
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 HB 2080 (2023-2024) — Authorizing students enrolled in a virtual school to take virtual state assessments.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2080_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2080_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2080_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **87–35** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **34–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Thursday, February 2, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 218-N - CANCELED
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed on Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 87 Nay: 35 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2023-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 31, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 7, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fc0b800-3e09-4dc0-8418-fa0440189b65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).