# Kansas SB 166: Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations. Kansas SB 166, Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce; status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB166-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 166 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on commerce, senate committee on commerce - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (258 yes, 66 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 Commerce ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 90 Nay: 32 | pass | 90 | 32 | | | 2025-03-17 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 90 | 32 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 1 | | ## Actions (18) - 2025-03-26: Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Final Action - Passed; Yea 90, Nay 32, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-03-14: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Kirk Haskins (House) - 2025-03-14: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Kirk Haskins was rejected (House) - 2025-03-14: Committee of the Whole - Motion to refer to committee failed (House) - 2025-03-14: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-03-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2025-03-06: Hearing: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Hearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_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 Senate Committee on Commerce (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_166/sb166_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) - [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-SB166-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).