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KS SB44

Bill

Status

Passed

4/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Education

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Declares antisemitism and antisemitic acts against Kansas public policy, particularly for public educational institutions and law enforcement agencies

  • Adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism (as of May 26, 2016) as a non-legally binding standard

  • Defines antisemitic conduct to include: encouraging or participating in violence/vandalism against Jewish people or property; wearing masks to conceal identity while harassing Jewish students, faculty, or employees on school property; and funding antisemitic curriculum or activities in domestic or study abroad programs

  • Explicitly protects First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution and Kansas Bill of Rights from being diminished by the act

  • Takes effect upon publication in the Kansas Register

Legislative Description

Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.

Last Action

Senate Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025

4/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Education2/20/2025
Education1/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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