---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms."
description: "Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Kansas SB 44 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2299"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ffcd826-f6b5-4e0a-baad-c5eb6633930f"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB44/"
source_hash: "2a36bfb3e49440d703dcad9ae59d2283e3811818cd6786406e5d4e901150f911"
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 44 (2025-2026) — Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_44/sb44_00_0000.pdf)
2. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb44_02_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_44/sb44_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_44/sb44_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 1
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 102, Nay 21, Absent 2
- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 77, Nay 41, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Rebecca Schmoe was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Rebecca Schmoe
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to House Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 3 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Pat Pettey
- **2025-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22** Referred to Senate Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ffcd826-f6b5-4e0a-baad-c5eb6633930f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).