Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

Conference committee report now available

Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees

Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as second conferees

Conference committee report now available

Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1

Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

Motion to suspend rule 1502 adopted

Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 74, Nay 47, Absent 4

Reengrossed on Monday, April 13, 2026

Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026

Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 27, 2026

No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained

Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton, and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill are appointed to replace Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce, and Rep. Susan Ruiz on the Conference Committee

Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas, and Sen. Dinah Sykes are appointed to replace Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford, and Sen. Cindy Holscher on the Conference Committee

Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Pat Pettey appointed as conferees

Sen. Cindy Holscher is appointed to replace Sen. Pat Pettey on the Conference Committee

Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz

Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1

Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Received and Introduced

Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9

Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services

Introduced

Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services