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Yes: 334 • No: 32
KansasSB 3662025–2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
House Substitute for Senate Bill 366 by Committee on Transportation - Prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in school or construction zones and providing penalties thereof and permitting the display of certain lighting in road construction zones by vehicles and trailers engaged in highway construction and maintenance operations.
Sponsored By: Committee on Transportation
Signed by Governor
house committee on transportationsenate committee on transportation
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Drivers get limits on phone searches
For an alleged phone-use violation, officers cannot take a phone to check compliance without the person's consent. They also cannot keep it as evidence pending trial without consent. Downloading phone data requires probable cause that the phone was used in a crime, a valid warrant, or other legal authority.
Roadwork vehicles gain more lighting options
Highway construction and maintenance vehicles in roadwork zones may use flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber, green, or white lights anytime. They may use one color or combine two or three. Stationary highway work trailers may use flashing, rotating, or oscillating white and blue lights when part of the highway is closed. That trailer allowance applies only between sunset and sunrise, with workers present in the roadwork zone.
Drivers face new phone limits and warnings
Kansas drivers must use phones hands-free in school zones while reduced speed limits are enforced. The same rule applies in roadwork zones with workers present and warning signs posted at the entrance. Hands-free voice and navigation use remain allowed. Exceptions cover safely stationary vehicles, emergency personnel on duty, emergency and safety calls, and permanently mounted dispatcher devices for transit or for-hire operators. Specified radio, medical, emergency communication, and remote diagnostics devices are excluded. Holding a phone creates a presumption of a violation, but drivers can challenge it; no separate fine applies. The fine schedule sets a $60 fine, but officers must issue warnings instead until July 1, 2027.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Committee on Transportation
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 31 Nay: 9
Yes: 31 • No: 9
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 116 Nay: 7
Yes: 116 • No: 7
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/19/2026
Concurred with amendments
Yes: 31 • No: 9
House vote • 3/17/2026
Final Action - Substitute passed
Yes: 116 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
4/3/2026SenateEnrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
3/24/2026SenateConcurred with amendments; Yea 31, Nay 9
3/19/2026SenateFinal Action - Substitute passed; Yea 116, Nay 7, Absent 2
3/17/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
3/16/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
3/16/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation
3/11/2026HouseHearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N
2/26/2026HouseReceived and Introduced
2/11/2026HouseReferred to House Committee on Transportation
2/11/2026HouseConsent Calendar Passed
2/10/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Transportation
2/5/2026SenateHearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S
1/29/2026SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Transportation
1/23/2026SenateIntroduced
1/22/2026Senate
Bill Text
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