---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law and providing a cause of action for violations thereof."
description: "Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law and providing a cause of action for violations thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Kansas SB 78 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ab251bf-5028-4231-8dc2-84b8075da63e"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB78/"
source_hash: "34335a24b132737701ab7701dc23e2eba6bfd1495dd02adf423b0c649724fc0b"
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 78 (2025-2026) — Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law and providing a cause of action for violations thereof.

## 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_78/sb78_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_78/sb78_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_78/sb78_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_78/sb78_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 Wednesday, March 26, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
- **2025-03-19** Concurred with amendments; Yea 38, Nay 2
- **2025-03-17** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 86, Nay 36, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Senate Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ab251bf-5028-4231-8dc2-84b8075da63e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).