# Kansas SB 366: 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. Kansas SB 366, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Transportation; status signed, last action 2026-04-03 (Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB366-2025-2026 - 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 366 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-04-03, Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Transportation - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on transportation, senate committee on transportation - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (334 yes, 32 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Drivers get limits on phone searches: benefit, low. 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 a… - Roadwork vehicles gain more lighting options: benefit, low. 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 pa… - Drivers face new phone limits and warnings: mixed, low. 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,… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Transportation ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 116 Nay: 7 | pass | 116 | 7 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Concurred with amendments | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2026-03-17 | House | Final Action - Substitute passed | pass | 116 | 7 | | ## Actions (15) - 2026-04-03: Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Concurred with amendments; Yea 31, Nay 9 (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 116, Nay 7, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (House) - 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (House) - 2026-03-11: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation (House) - 2026-02-26: Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2026-02-11: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-02-11: Referred to House Committee on Transportation (House) - 2026-02-10: Consent Calendar Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate) - 2026-01-23: Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_366/sb366_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_366/sb366_enrolled.pdf) - H Sub for: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_366/sb366_01_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_366/sb366_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_366/sb366_enrolled.pdf) - [H Sub for (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_366/sb366_01_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 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-SB366-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).