All Roll Calls
Yes: 283 • No: 39
KansasHB 20162025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; requiring that poll workers be citizens of the United States and live within the state of Kansas; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents who are citizens of the United States as poll workers on the basis of residency or being a registered voter; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit advance voting applications.
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Signed by Governor
federal and state affairselections
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Online obits update voter rolls
County election officers may remove a voter who died when a funeral home in the county posts an online obituary. The obituary must be online and from a funeral home located in that county.
Apply to get a mail ballot
Counties do not mail you a ballot unless you apply for an advance voting ballot. Exceptions: you have permanent advance voting status or the election is run under the mail-ballot election law. State and local offices must let you make one free photocopy of an ID to include with your advance ballot paperwork. The free copy is limited to one per person.
Who can serve as poll workers
To be an election judge or clerk, you must be a U.S. citizen and live in Kansas. Counties must still follow age and other poll worker rules. Active military members, and their spouses or dependents who are U.S. citizens, cannot be disqualified just for residency or being a registered voter. This protects military families while keeping basic qualifications in place.
Stricter rules for mailed ballot applications
If you mail voters an advance ballot application, the mail must carry a clear label in 10-point font or larger on the outside and on every page except the form. The label must name who sent it, give an address, and say: "Disclosure: This is not a government mailing. It is from a private individual or organization." The form must be the official state or county application and cannot be prefilled except for the election date. The mailing must include a county-addressed envelope or clear mailing instructions, and it may not direct returns to the mailer. Violations are a class C nonperson misdemeanor; non-Kansas residents who mail applications owe a $20 civil penalty per mailing, and anyone may file a written complaint with the attorney general naming the violator.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 97 Nay: 26
Yes: 97 • No: 26
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 106 Nay: 13
Yes: 106 • No: 13
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Engrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025
4/10/2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
4/10/2025HouseApproved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025
4/10/2025HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
3/26/2025SenateConference committee report now available
3/26/2025HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 97 Nay: 26
3/26/2025HouseConference committee report now available
3/25/2025SenateNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Proctor , Representative Waggoner and Representative Haskins as conferees
3/20/2025HouseMotion to accede adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
3/20/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/19/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/19/2025SenateEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
3/19/2025SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
3/10/2025SenateHearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
3/5/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
2/20/2025SenateFinal Action - Passed; Yea: 106 Nay: 13
2/19/2025HouseReceived and Introduced
2/19/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
2/18/2025HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections
2/13/2025HouseHearing: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
2/6/2025HouseIntroduced
1/16/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Elections
1/16/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As introduced
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