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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2412: Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2412 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma. Primary sponsor: Ken Collins (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Engrossed on Friday, April 10, 2026.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ken CollinsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Engrossed on Friday, April 10, 2026
  2. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 13, 2026
  3. Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Thursday, April 23, 2026
  4. No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  5. Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
  6. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 80, Nay 43, Absent 2
  7. Conference committee report now available
  8. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees
  9. Conference committee report now available
  10. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 23, Nay 14, Absent 3
  11. Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton, and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill are appointed to replace Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams, and Rep. Dan Osman on the Conference Committee
  12. Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas, and Sen. Dinah Sykes are appointed to replace Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus, and Sen. Ethan Corson on the Conference Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source