Bill Title: Enacting the Haylee Weissenbach protecting students act to establish the office of education inspector general, authorize the education inspector general to conduct audits, investigations and reviews of educational institutions, require reporting of suspected professional and criminal misconduct by school employees and agents, require certain individuals to register on an educator misconduct registry, require criminal history record checks of school employees and agents and provide for civil penalties for violations of this act.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-02 - Senate Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 144-S [SB491 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Introduced	2026-02-05	PDF	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for Kansas SB491

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
Fiscal Note	Ficsal Note: As introduced	2026-03-02	PDF	Link	View