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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 263: House Substitute for SB 263 by Committee on Education - Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools and regulating active shooter simulations.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 263 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: House Substitute for SB 263 by Committee on Education - Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools and regulating active shooter simulations. Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died on House Calendar.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Federal and State AffairsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Committee on EducationCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Died on House Calendar
  2. Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Education
  3. Received and Introduced
  4. Referred to House Committee on Education
  5. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  6. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Dinah Sykes
  7. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was adopted
  8. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Brenda Dietrich
  9. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Brenda Dietrich was adopted
  10. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys
  11. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Joseph Claeys was adopted
  12. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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