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HB2763Introduced in the House

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.

Vetoed

Introduced by Health and Human Services

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

House No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained

April 10, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 74 Nay: 47 · April 10, 2026

74

Yes

47

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

125 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Dale Helwig1No
Kenneth Collins2Yes
Charles Smith3Yes
Rick James4No
Courtney Sappington5Yes
Samantha Poetter Parshall6No
Dan Goddard7Yes
Chris Croft8Yes
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10No

Bill history

  1. House Introduced

  2. House Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. House Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N event

  4. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services

  5. House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  6. House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  7. House Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —

  8. House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9

  9. House Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026

  10. Senate Received and Introduced

  11. Senate Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

  12. Senate Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S event

  13. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

  14. Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  15. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  16. Senate Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1

  17. House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz

  18. Senate Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Pat Pettey appointed as conferees

  19. Senate Sen. Cindy Holscher is appointed to replace Sen. Pat Pettey on the Conference Committee

  20. Senate 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

  21. House 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

  22. Senate Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted; —

  23. Senate Conference committee report now available

  24. Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees

  25. House Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted; —

  26. House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as second conferees

  27. Senate Conference committee report now available

  28. Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1

  29. House Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted; —

  30. House Motion to suspend rule 1502 adopted; —

  31. House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 74, Nay 47, Absent 4

  32. House Reengrossed on Monday, April 13, 2026

  33. House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026

  34. House Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 27, 2026

  35. House No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained

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