# Kansas SB 302: Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes. Kansas SB 302, Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brad Starnes (Republican), Chase Blasi (Republican), Craig Bowser (Republican) and 25 others; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Committee) (as of 2026-10-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB302-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 302 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Committee - Sponsors: Brad Starnes (Republican), Chase Blasi (Republican), Craig Bowser (Republican), Dinah Sykes (Democratic), Doug Shane (Republican), Elaine Bowers (Republican), Ethan Corson (Democratic), Jeff Klemp (Republican), Joseph Claeys (Republican), Kellie Warren (Republican), Larry Alley (Republican), Marci Francisco (Democratic), Michael Fagg (Republican), Michael Murphy (Republican), Mike Petersen (Republican), Mike Thompson (Republican), Oletha Faust Goudeau (Democratic), Pat Pettey (Democratic), Renee Erickson (Republican), Rick Kloos (Republican), Scott Hill (Republican), Stephen Owens (Republican), TJ Rose (Republican), Tim Shallenburger (Republican), Tory Marie Blew (Republican), Ty Masterson (Republican), Virgil Peck (Republican), William Clifford (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on education, senate committee on ways and means - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brad Starnes (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Chase Blasi (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Craig Bowser (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Dinah Sykes (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Doug Shane (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Elaine Bowers (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Ethan Corson (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Jeff Klemp (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Joseph Claeys (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Kellie Warren (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Larry Alley (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Marci Francisco (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Michael Fagg (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Michael Murphy (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Mike Petersen (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Mike Thompson (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Oletha Faust Goudeau (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Pat Pettey (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Renee Erickson (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Rick Kloos (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Scott Hill (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Stephen Owens (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: TJ Rose (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Tim Shallenburger (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Tory Marie Blew (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Ty Masterson (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Virgil Peck (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: William Clifford (Republican), Senate ## Actions (7) - 2026-04-10: Died in Committee (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Education; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 2:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Prefiled for Introduction on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_302/sb302_00_0000.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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_302/sb302_00_0000.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-SB302-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).