SENATE - BILL

SB 421

Enacting the safeguarding personal expression at K-12 schools act to authorize students and student clubs or organizations to engage in certain speech or expression at school and providing a civil cause of action for violations of the act.

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Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Committee Report
Floor Action
Opposite Chamber
Enrolled
Governor

Version

Bill Supp. Note Fiscal Note
As Introduced

Enacting the safeguarding personal expression at K-12 schools act to authorize students and student clubs or organizations to engage in certain speech or expression at school and providing a civil cause of action for violations of the act.

Amendments, Committee Reports, & Conference Committee Reports

Committee Reports 1
Committee Report
Senate Committee on Education Tue, Feb 10, 2026 Be passed.

Legislative History

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Testimony & Minutes

Senate · Committee on Education 17
Hearing Date Minutes Presenter Organization Topic PDF
Feb 4, 2026 View Lance Kinzer, Policy Director First Amendment Partnership Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy Kansas Association of School Boards Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs Kansas National Education Association Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Jim Karleskint United School Administrators Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent Olathe Public Schools USD 233 Opponent
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 Logan DeMond, Director of Policy and Research American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Leslie D. Mark, Kansas Citizen — Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Jay Simmons, Kansas Citizen — Opponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Brittany Jones, President Kansas Family Voice Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Sara Beth Nolan, Legal Counsel Alliance Defending Freedom Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Lucrecia Nold, Policy Specialist Kansas Catholic Conference Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Brianne Vinson, Parent — Proponent - Complaint
Feb 4, 2026 View Brianne Vinson, Parent — Proponent
Feb 4, 2026 View Vikki Mullins, President Kansas PTA Opponent

Identification

Bill No. SB 421
Chamber Senate
Requested By Requested by Senator Masterson

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Effective Date

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