# Kansas SB 304: Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for the distribution of informational materials regarding certain government-administered savings accounts. Kansas SB 304, Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for the distribution of informational materials regarding certain government-administered savings accounts., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brad Starnes (Republican), Doug Shane (Republican), Elaine Bowers (Republican) and 10 others; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in House Committee) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB304-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 304 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for the distribution of informational materials regarding certain government-administered savings accounts. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in House Committee - Sponsors: Brad Starnes (Republican), Doug Shane (Republican), Elaine Bowers (Republican), Joseph Claeys (Republican), Michael Fagg (Republican), Mike Thompson (Republican), Renee Erickson (Republican), Rick Kloos (Republican), Scott Hill (Republican), Stephen Owens (Republican), TJ Rose (Republican), Tim Shallenburger (Republican), Ty Masterson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on federal and state affairs, senate committee on ways and means, senate committee on education - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (80 yes, 0 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: Brad Starnes (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Doug Shane (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Elaine Bowers (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Joseph Claeys (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Michael Fagg (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Mike Thompson (Republican), 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: Ty Masterson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-12 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 | | ## Actions (12) - 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee (House) - 2026-03-13: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-03-13: Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House) - 2026-03-12: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, January 8, 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_304/sb304_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_304/sb304_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-SB304-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).