republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2299.md

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Bill	Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB2299 by Committee on Education - Providing that certain statutory references to accredited nonpublic schools mean nonpublic schools accredited by the state board of education, requiring that schools accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency shall have the same rights as schools accredited by the state board, requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during the school day and prohibiting employees of a school district from using social media to communicate with students for official school purposes.	Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB2299 by Committee on Education - Providing that certain statutory references to accredited nonpublic schools mean nonpublic schools accredited by the state board of education, requiring that schools accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency shall have the same rights as schools accredited by the state board, requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during the school day and prohibiting employees of a school district from using social media to communicate with students for official school purposes.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2299	Kansas HB 2299 (2025-2026)	bill	Attorney General Discrimination Labor and Employment Schools	enacted		6	29	0	2025-02-05	2026-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/a3d87b0e-8cda-42b8-ad13-0e6641206144	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2299/	9d71ddb57a4be6e191f2f9b65727bb90f00094e3c30dc550a2054041457df141	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2299 (2025-2026) — Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB2299 by Committee on Education - Providing that certain statutory references to accredited nonpublic schools mean nonpublic schools accredited by the state board of education, requiring that schools accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency shall have the same rights as schools accredited by the state board, requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during the school day and prohibiting employees of a school district from using social media to communicate with students for official school purposes.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by House Committee on Education (committee substitute) — source
3. S Sub for Sub (committee substitute) — source
4. Sub (committee substitute) — source
5. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Committee on Education — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-20 Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 19, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 13, 2026
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed on Tuesday, March 10, 2026
• 2026-03-10 Concurred with amendments; Yea 84, Nay 39, Absent 1
• 2026-03-05 Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 32, Nay 4, Absent 2 passage
• 2026-03-05 Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended passage
• 2026-03-05 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected
• 2026-03-05 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher
• 2026-03-05 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was adopted passage
• 2026-03-05 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford
• 2026-03-05 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed passage
• 2026-03-04 Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Referred to Senate Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2025-03-19 Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 116, Nay 8, Absent 1 passage
• 2025-03-19 Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
• 2025-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed passage
• 2025-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained; Yea 86, Nay 36, Absent 3
• 2025-03-19 Rep. Susan Estes raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane
• 2025-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Valdenia Winn
• 2025-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed passage
• 2025-03-18 Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Withdrawn from House Committee on Education; Rereferred to House Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-02-20 Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-02-20 Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
• 2025-02-18 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-05 Referred to House Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3d87b0e-8cda-42b8-ad13-0e6641206144. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).