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type: "Bill"
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title: "Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations."
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description: "Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 166"
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citation: "Kansas SB 166 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-03"
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last_action: "2025-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee6d5c4-38b1-4050-9408-71921fb78ac2"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB166/"
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source_hash: "772537c1190939e769418261fc39fc516e9ce2f1b749d24c0091d421b9056d2f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas SB 166 (2025-2026) — Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_enrolled.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Commerce — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
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- **2025-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea 90, Nay 32, Absent 3 `passage`
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- **2025-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Motion to refer to committee failed
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- **2025-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Kirk Haskins was rejected
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- **2025-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Kirk Haskins
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- **2025-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dee6d5c4-38b1-4050-9408-71921fb78ac2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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