republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/sb-78.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	SB 78	Kansas SB 78 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted		4	15	0	2025-01-27	2025-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/0ab251bf-5028-4231-8dc2-84b8075da63e	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB78/	34335a24b132737701ab7701dc23e2eba6bfd1495dd02adf423b0c649724fc0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As Amended by House Committee on Education (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee on Education (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/0ab251bf-5028-4231-8dc2-84b8075da63e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).