republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2482.md

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Bill	Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider.	Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2482	Kansas HB 2482 (2025-2026)	bill	Schools	enacted		4	19	0	2026-01-21	2026-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/7fffe134-70b7-461f-a333-62b63ac58d22	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2482/	0e1f126e03404b9a3fa4193be4cc23f528647e6bf7aa092d04d08d214a6a2726	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2482 (2025-2026) — Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider.

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 K-12 Education Budget (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-09 Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-04-09 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
• 2026-04-09 Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026
• 2026-03-26 Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 118, Nay 2, Absent 5
• 2026-03-23 Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as conferees
• 2026-03-23 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Jason W. Goetz, Rep. Sherri Brantley and Rep. Jarrod Ousley
• 2026-03-19 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-03-13 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2026-02-25 Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
• 2026-02-19 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3 passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-02-16 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-21 Referred to House Committee on K-12 Education Budget referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fffe134-70b7-461f-a333-62b63ac58d22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).