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SB 421 Committee Minutes and Testimony
Enacting the safeguarding personal expression at K-12 schools act to authorize students and student clubs or organizations to engage in certain speech or expression at school and providing a civil cause of action for violations of the act.
Senate Committee on Education
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Testimony | Presenter | Organization | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Lance Kinzer, Policy Director | First Amendment Partnership | Proponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy | Kansas Association of School Boards | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs | Kansas National Education Association | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Jim Karleskint | United School Administrators | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent | Olathe Public Schools USD 233 | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Victoria Anderson, State Policy Specialist | American Atheists | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Laurel Burchfield, Advocacy Director | Mainstream Coalition | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Logan DeMond, Director of Policy and Research | American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Leslie D. Mark, Kansas Citizen | Opponent | |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Jay Simmons, Kansas Citizen | Opponent | |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Brittany Jones, President | Kansas Family Voice | Proponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Sara Beth Nolan, Legal Counsel | Alliance Defending Freedom | Proponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Lucrecia Nold, Policy Specialist | Kansas Catholic Conference | Proponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Brianne Vinson, Parent | Proponent - Complaint | |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Brianne Vinson, Parent | Proponent | |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Vikki Mullins, President | Kansas PTA | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | View | Download | Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor | Office of the Revisor of Statutes | Revisor Memo |
