# Kansas SB 47: Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.

Kansas SB 47, Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Education; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in House Committee) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 47
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in House Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Education
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on education, senate committee on education
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (42 yes, 38 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: Committee on Education

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 21 Nay: 19 | pass | 21 | 19 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 21 | 19 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee (House)
- 2025-03-21: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Education (House)
- 2025-03-14: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education (House)
- 2025-03-11: Hearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 218-N (House)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Education (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Pat Pettey (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was withdrawn (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Pat Pettey (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was rejected (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 21, Nay 19 (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: Referred to Senate Committee on Education (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: 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/sb_47/sb47_03_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Education: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_47/sb47_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_47/sb47_00_0000.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_47/sb47_02_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 Amended by House Committee on Education (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_47/sb47_03_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Education (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_47/sb47_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_47/sb47_00_0000.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_47/sb47_02_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB47-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).