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HB 2763 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

HB 2763 creates a compact allowing athletic trainers licensed in one participating state to practice in other member states without obtaining separate licenses. This directly affects licensed athletic trainers seeking to work across state lines, active military members and their spouses relocating for duty, and patients gaining broader access to these professionals. The bill establishes uniform licensing standards and a commission to manage mutual recognition, eliminating the need for multiple state licenses while preserving each state's authority to regulate practice and protect public safety. It requires trainers to maintain current licensure and meet continuing education standards to exercise interstate practice privileges.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill mandates daily recess and prohibits withholding it for discipline, directly enhancing student well-being and school programs.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill improves patient access to licensed athletic trainers (a healthcare profession) by enabling interstate practice without separate licenses, directly aligning with 'improves patient access' indicator.95% confidence
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 6, 2026 Vetoed Apr 10, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Amended by Senate Committee → Enrolled · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was completely replaced with a new version that shifts focus from athletic trainer licensure to elementary and secondary school education. The original text regarding interstate practice for athletic trainers was removed, while new provisions were added to mandate daily recess time, establish a state physical fitness test, and update school year requirements.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed entirely from regulating athletic trainer licensure and interstate practice to regulating school district operations, specifically regarding recess time, student fitness testing, and school term lengths.
SCOPE

All provisions related to the athletic trainer licensure compact, including definitions, purposes, and interstate practice privileges, were removed.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added mandating a minimum of 30 minutes of daily organized recess for elementary students in school years exceeding five hours.

New requirements were added to establish and administer a Kansas state physical fitness test aligned with the presidential test for students in grades one through 12.

Existing school term requirements in K.S.A. 72-3115 were amended to specify minimum school days and hours for different grade levels.

TIMELINE

Specific implementation dates were set, requiring the fitness test to begin in the 2026-2027 school year and new recess requirements to begin in the 2027-2028 school year.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
21
Committee
13
Apr 10, 2026
Vetoed
No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
lower
Apr 10, 2026
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 27, 2026
lower
Apr 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 74, Nay 47, Absent 4
lower
Apr 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Motion to suspend rule 1502 adopted
lower
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as second conferees
lower
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
upper
Mar 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton, and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill are appointed to replace Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce, and Rep. Susan Ruiz on the Conference Committee
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas, and Sen. Dinah Sykes are appointed to replace Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford, and Sen. Cindy Holscher on the Conference Committee
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Sen. Cindy Holscher is appointed to replace Sen. Pat Pettey on the Conference Committee
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Pat Pettey appointed as conferees
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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