---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 63 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Enacting the back to school act to require school districts to provide a full-time, in person attendance option for all students beginning March 31, 2021, for school year 2020-2021."
description: "House Substitute for SB 63 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Enacting the back to school act to require school districts to provide a full-time, in person attendance option for all students beginning March 31, 2021, for school year 2020-2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Kansas SB 63 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c97dc45b-a708-45f4-9e68-ca5185fbaa5d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb63"
source_hash: "71222a470579ec26a246961339e75b424551c9db8c0d1e2187cee398199b0d6d"
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 63 (2021-2022) — House Substitute for SB 63 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Enacting the back to school act to require school districts to provide a full-time, in person attendance option for all students beginning March 31, 2021, for school year 2020-2021.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb63_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb63_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective April 15, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb63_enrolled.pdf)
4. **H Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb63_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **77–46** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)
- Committee on K-12 Education Budget — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on K-12 Education Budget `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Hearing: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on K-12 Education Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-23** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 77 Nay: 46 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Williams, Representative Hoffman and Representative Winn appointed as conferees
- **2021-03-24** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 28 Nay: 11
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 26, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 5, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c97dc45b-a708-45f4-9e68-ca5185fbaa5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).