Kansas SB419: Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act and authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions

What the bill says

An act concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational institutions; enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act; providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act; authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions; amending K.S.A. 605311, 60-5312 and 60-5313 and repealing the existing sections.

From the introduced text, January 28, 2026:

AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational institutions; enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act; providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act; authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions; amending K.S.A. 605311, 60-5312 and 60-5313 and repealing the existing sections. WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk was a courageous American whose life was tragically and unjustly cut short in an act of political violence on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University; and WHEREAS, In 2012, Charlie Kirk, at 18 years old, founded Turning Point USA, a student movement with the mission to "identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets and limited government"; and WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk was a devoted Christian who boldly lived out his faith with conviction, courage and compassion and used his platform to encourage the free exchange of ideas, respectfully engaging in public debates on college campuses across America, including on college campuses in Kansas, as well as at foreign universities like Oxford; and WHEREAS, Charlie Kirk embodied the principles of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States by exercising his God-given right to speak freely and challenge prevailing narratives, and he did so with honor, courage and respect for his fellow Americans, …

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