# Kansas SB 361: Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations. Kansas SB 361, Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Education; status became law, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB361-2025-2026 - 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 361 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations. - Status: became law - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Education - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on education, senate committee on education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (764 yes, 208 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Federal tax credit for Kansas scholarship donors: benefit, high. Kansas joins the federal tax credit for individual donations to Kansas scholarship groups that meet federal requirements. This applies to tax years beginning after December 31, 2026; this law does not set the credit amount. The State Treasurer must send required information to the U.S. Treasury eac… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Education ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 0 | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 29 Nay: 10 | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 29 Nay: 10 | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 85 Nay: 38 | pass | 85 | 38 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 87 Nay: 37 | pass | 87 | 37 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 114 Nay: 9 | pass | 114 | 9 | | | 2026-04-09 | House | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 85 | 38 | | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 87 | 37 | | | 2026-03-17 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 114 | 9 | | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 38 | 0 | | ## Actions (27) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 85, Nay 38, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 87, Nay 37, Absent 1 (House) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as second conferees (House) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-23: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as conferees (House) - 2026-03-19: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 9, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Melissa Oropeza (House) - 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Melissa Oropeza was rejected (House) - 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-03-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (House) - 2026-03-10: Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2026-03-06: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Education (House) - 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 (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) - 2026-01-23: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Education: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb361_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_361/sb361_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_361/sb361_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 Education (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb361_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_361/sb361_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_361/sb361_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-SB361-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).