Relevant Legislative Updates

2023-2024

HB 2013- Requiring a runoff election between the top two candidates whenever a candidate for a statewide office fails to receive a majority of the votes cast. (Status: Hearing Held 1/24/23)

HB 2038- Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to indicate when a student's identification issued by such institution cannot be used for voting purposes. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 1/17/23) 

HB 2044- Amending the definition of "race" in the Kansas act against discrimination to include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 1/17/23)

HB 2055- Prohibiting third parties from mailing advance voting ballot applications to registered voters. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 1/18/23)

HB 2056- Requiring all advance voting ballots to be returned by 7 p.m. on election day. (Status: Hearing Held 1/26/23)

HB 2057- Regulating the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of advance voting ballots. (Status: Hearing Held 1/31/23)

HB 2111- Establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients, providing a sales tax exemption for children's diapers and feminine hygiene products, establishing the STAR bonds food sales tax revenue replacement fund, altering the calculation for STAR bond districts and discontinuing the food sales income tax credit. (Status: Referred to Committee on Taxation 1/19/23)

HB 2122- Requiring a witness to each signature on an advance voting ballot envelope and limiting the witness to not more than 10 advance voting ballot envelopes. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 1/20/23)

HB 2157- Creating the campus intellectual diversity act to establish an office of public policy events at each public postsecondary educational institution. (Status: Referred to Committee on Education 1/24/23)

HB 2158- Creating the campus free speech act to require each public postsecondary educational institution to adopt a policy of free expression. (Status: Referred to Committee on Education 1/24/23)

HB 2181- Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo. (Status: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services 1/25/23)

HB 2190- Expanding certain election crimes and creating new ones, eliminating the criminal prosecutorial authority of the secretary of state and defining special elections. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 1/26/23)

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HB 2002- Enacting the national popular vote interstate compact for electing the president of the United States. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 1/11/21)

HB 2006- Changing the designation of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. (Status: Hearing Held 1/26/21) 

HB 2011- Removing the authority of the secretary of state to prosecute election crimes. (Status: Stricken from Calendar 3/5/21)

HB 2012- Decreasing penalties for certain voting crimes and making amendments to the elements of the substantive offenses. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 1/11/21)

HB 2039- Requiring administration of a basic civics test as part of the course in United States history and government that is necessary for high school graduation. (Status: Governor's Veto Sustained 5/7/21)

HB 2054- Limiting who may deliver advance ballots, placing limitations on the number of such ballots that a person may deliver and establishing criminal penalties for violations. (Status: Hearing Held 1/28/21)

HB 2163- Repealing obsolete election laws relating to the use of census data adjustments, repealing obsolete statutes relating to the 1988 census, the presidential preference primary and certain elections-related corporate contribution restrictions. (Status: Stricken from Calendar 3/5/21)

HB 2183- Creating the transparency in revenues underwriting elections act; prohibiting the receipt and expenditure of private moneys by election officials; directing the secretary of state to publish certain registered voter totals; relating to advance voting ballots by requiring signed statements for delivery of such ballots on behalf of a voter; limiting the number of such ballots that can be delivered; prohibiting the altering or backdating of the mailing date on such ballots; requiring a matching signature on such ballots; removing the secretary of state's authority to provide additional time for receipt of such ballots; prohibiting candidates for office from engaging in certain conduct related to advance voting ballots; creating the crime of false representation of an election official; and, expanding the crime of electioneering. (Status: Law Effective 7/1/21)

HB 2264- Permitting student athletes at postsecondary educational institutions to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, likeness rights or athletic reputation. (Status: Committee on Federal and State Affairs Recommend Passing Bill 5/3/21)

HB 2267- Creating the Kansas youth advisory council. (Status: Hearing Held 1/25/22)

HB 2278- Providing for the publication of signed statements of fair campaign practices and a cause of action and penalties for violations of such statement. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 2/9/21)

HB 2285- Creating the campus free speech act to require each public postsecondary educational institution to adopt a policy of free expression. (Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary 2/9/21)

HB 2286- Creating the campus intellectual diversity act to establish an office of public policy events at each public postsecondary educational institution. (Status: Referred to Committee on Appropriations 2/9/21)

HB 2319- Shortening the deadline for the return of advance voting ballots to 5:00 p.m. the day after the election and providing the deadline cannot be altered by an elected or appointed official or a court. (Status: Hearing Held 2/16/21)

HB 2332- Prohibiting the modification of election laws other than by legislative process, requiring county election officials to maintain residential and mailing addresses for registered voters, requiring identification of the sender on third party solicitations to registered voters to file an application for an advance voting ballot and prohibiting such solicitations by nonresidents of this state, expanding the crime of election tampering and providing for the appointment of elected officials when vacancy is due to military service. (Status: Law Effective 7/1/21)

HB 2333- Prohibiting the acceptance of incomplete applications for advance voting ballots, prohibiting candidates for office from engaging in certain conduct with respect to advance voting ballots and expanding the crime of electioneering. (Status: Hearing Held 2/18/21)

HB 2407- Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to adopt a policy on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 2/22/21)

HB 2425- Requiring a member of the state board of regents to be a student member nominated by the students' advisory committee. (Status: Hearing Held 3/25/21)

HB 2578- Lowering petition requirements for recognition of political parties. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 2/1/22)

HB 2585- Requiring all advance voting ballots be returned by 7 pm on election day. (Status: Referred to Committee on Elections 2/1/22)

2023-2024

SB 59- Designating "Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Capitol." (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 1/19/23)

SB 65- Authorizing cities and counties to enact local laws to regulate abortion as stringent as or more stringent than state law. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 1/20/23)

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SB 11- Prohibiting the altering or backdating of the postmarks of advance mail ballots. (Status: Hearing Held 2/23/21)

SB 35- Removing the option of extension of the time for receipt of advance mail ballots after the third day following an election. (Status: Hearing Held 1/28/21)

SB 55- Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female. (Status: Governor's Veto Sustained 5/3/21)

SB 94- Requiring all voting systems for elections to use individual voter-verified paper ballots. (Status: Hearing Held 2/23/21)

SB 125- Authorizing mail ballot elections for propositions to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 2/3/21)

SB 153- Establishing election procedures for the imposition of term limits on members of the board of county commissioners. (Status: Hearing Held 2/23/21)

SB 166- Authorizing county election officers to transmit advance voting ballots up to 40 days prior to the election. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 2/9/21)

SB 184- Authorizing any registered voter to apply for permanent advance voting status. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 2/10/21)

SB 188- Enacting the national popular vote interstate compact for electing the president of the United States. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 2/10/21)

SB 201- Authorizing voter registration for individuals 16 years of age or old. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 2/11/21)

SB 209- Restrictions on third party solicitations to registered voters to file an application for an advance voting ballot. (Status: Hearing Held 2/23/21)

SB 292- Limiting who may return an advance voting ballot and the number of such ballots a person may return. (Status: Hearing Held 3/16/21)

SB 307- Requiring that advance voting ballots be returned to the county election office by the day of the election. (Status: Hearing Held 3/26/21)

SB 388- Requiring the use of the United States postal service when returning an advance ballot by mail. (Status: Hearing Held 2/10/22)

SB 389- Requiring all voting systems for elections to use individual voter-verified paper ballots with a distinctive watermark. (Status: Hearing Held 2/10/22)

SB 391- Requiring the secretary of state and county election officers to develop a ballot system showing the number of years an incumbent has served in the office. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 1/26/22)

SB 394- Requiring all advanced voting ballots be returned by 7 p.m. on election day. (Status: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs 1/27/22)

SB 410- Requiring the state capitol and legislative meetings to be open to the public. (Status: Referred to Committee on Transparency and Ethics 1/28/22)

2023-2024

HR 309- Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act. (Status: Introduced in House 1/12/23) 

HR 435- To prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other purposes. (Status: Introduced in House 1/20/23)

HR 466- To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voting systems used in elections for Federal office to produce a voter-verified paper ballot of each vote cast on the system, and for other purposes. (Status: Introduced in House 1/24/23)

HR 505- To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Status: Introduced in House 1/25/23)

HR 509- To prevent class-based loan forgiveness for Federal student loans under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 without the explicit appropriation of funds by Congress for such purpose. (Status: Introduced in House 1/25/23)

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HR 1- For the People Act (Status: Received in the Senate 3/11/21)

HR 4- John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Status: Received in the Senate 9/14/21)

HR 426- Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 (Status: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor 1/21/21)

HR 1320- Juneteenth National Independence Day Act (Status: Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Reform 2/25/21)

HR 2232- Help Students Vote Act (Status: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor and House Committee on House Administration 3/26/21)

HR 3362- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to provide notice to students receiving work-study assistance about potential eligibility for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. (Status: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor 5/20/21)

HR 4007- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure that public institutions of higher education eschew policies that improperly constrain the expressive rights of students, and to ensure that private institutions of higher education are transparent about, and responsible for, their chosen speech policies. (Status: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor 6/17/21)

HR 5746- Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (Status: House agreed to Senate amendment 1/13/22)

S 1- For the People Act (Status: Introduced in Senate 3/17/21)

S 4- John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Status: Introduced in Senate 10/05/21)

S 251- Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 (Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 2/4/21)

S 475- Juneteenth National Independence Day Act (Status: Became Public Law No. 117-17 6/17/21)

S 879- Civics Secures Democracy Act (Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 3/22/21)

S 992- Help Students Vote Act (Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 3/25/21)

S 2301- A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide capacity-building assistance to institutions of higher education to examine and address inequities in college student access and success, and for other purposes. Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 6/24/21)