# Kansas HB 2482: Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider. Kansas HB 2482, Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on K-12 Education Budget; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2482-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2482 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on education, house committee on k-12 education budget - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (556 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kansas broadens providers for free student exams: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2027, Kansas must offer free student readiness exams using any provider, replacing the required provider. Eligible students must be regularly enrolled in Kansas public schools or accredited nonpublic schools. Students in grades 11 and 12 must be offered a nationally recognized col… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on K-12 Education Budget ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 2 | pass | 118 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 1 | pass | 121 | 1 | | | 2026-03-26 | House | Concurred with amendments in conference | pass | 118 | 2 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 121 | 1 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-26: Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 118, Nay 2, Absent 5 (House) - 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Jason W. Goetz, Rep. Sherri Brantley and Rep. Jarrod Ousley (House) - 2026-03-23: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 1, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (House) - 2026-02-10: Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2026-02-04: Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 546-S — CANCELED (House) - 2026-01-21: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-21: Referred to House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_enrolled.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2482/hb2482_enrolled.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2482-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).