SENATE - BILL

SB 419

Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act and authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions.

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Introduced
Committee
Committee Report
Floor Action
Opposite Chamber
Enrolled
Governor

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As Introduced

Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act and authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions.

Document Reports

Amendments, Committee Reports, & Conference Committee Reports

Committee Reports 1
Committee Report
Senate Committee on Education Tue, Feb 10, 2026 Be passed.
Floor Amendments 1
Offered by Amendment
Sen. Dinah Sykes Tue, Mar 10, 2026

Legislative History

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Testimony & Minutes

Senate · Committee on Education 17
Hearing Date Minutes Presenter Organization Topic PDF
Feb 4, 2026 View Logan DeMond, Director of Policy and Research American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Rabbi Moti Rieber, Executive Director Kansas Inter Faith Action Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Lance Kinzer, Policy Director First Amendment Partnership Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes Revisor Memo
Feb 4, 2026 View Victoria Anderson, State Policy Specialist American Atheists Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Laurel Burchfield, Advocacy Director Mainstream Coalition Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Leslie D. Mark, Kansas Citizen — Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Jay Simmons, Kansas Citizen — Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View The Reverand Doctor Mandy Todd Kansas Inter Faith Action Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Gavin Caldwell, President Turning Point USA at Kansas State Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Theo Grabill, President Turning Point USA at University of Kansas Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Brittany Jones, President Kansas Family Voice Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Samuel MacRoberts, Litigatiion Director and General Counsel Kansas Justice Institute Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Sara Beth Nolan, Legal Counsel Alliance Defending Freedom Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Cody Reynolds, Kansas Resident — Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Tanner Tempel, Deputy State Director Americans for Prosperity Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Ty Masterson, President Kansas Senate Proponent

Identification

Bill No. SB 419
Chamber Senate
Requested By Requested by Senator Masterson

Original Sponsor

Current Sponsor

Sections Affected

Amended

K.S.A. 60-5311, 60-5312 and 60-5313

Effective Date

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
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