# Kansas HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

Kansas HB 2763, Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Health and Human Services; status vetoed, last action 2026-04-10 (Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2763
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-06
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on public health and welfare, house committee on health and human services
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (516 yes, 116 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 116 Nay: 0 | pass | 116 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 74 Nay: 47 | pass | 74 | 47 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 29 Nay: 10 | pass | 29 | 10 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-11 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 74 | 47 |   |
| 2026-04-10 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 29 | 10 |   |
| 2026-03-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 116 | 0 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2026-04-10: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (House)
- 2026-04-10: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as second conferees (House)
- 2026-04-10: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (House)
- 2026-04-10: Motion to suspend rule 1502 adopted (House)
- 2026-04-10: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 74, Nay 47, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-04-10: Reengrossed on Monday, April 13, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-10: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 27, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-10: No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained (House)
- 2026-03-27: Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton, and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill are appointed to replace Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce, and Rep. Susan Ruiz on the Conference Committee (House)
- 2026-03-25: Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas, and Sen. Dinah Sykes are appointed to replace Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford, and Sen. Cindy Holscher on the Conference Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Pat Pettey appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Sen. Cindy Holscher is appointed to replace Sen. Pat Pettey on the Conference Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz (House)
- 2026-03-18: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2026-02-12: Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N (House)
- 2026-02-06: Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-06: Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2763/hb2763_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_2763/hb2763_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2763/hb2763_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2763/hb2763_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2763/hb2763_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_2763/hb2763_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2763/hb2763_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2763/hb2763_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2763-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).