# Kansas HB 2056: Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected office accept such nomination by signing a notarized statement of acceptance and restricting the number of nominations a person may accept to one nomination per election cycle. Kansas HB 2056, Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected office accept such nomination by signing a notarized statement of acceptance and restricting the number of nominations a person may accept to one nomination per election cycle., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Elections; status became law, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2056-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2056 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected office accept such nomination by signing a notarized statement of acceptance and restricting the number of nominations a person may accept to one nomination per election cycle. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Elections - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: senate committee on federal and state affairs, house committee on elections - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (548 yes, 100 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Elections - Cosponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 34 Nay: 6 | pass | 34 | 6 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 34 Nay: 6 | pass | 34 | 6 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 1 | pass | 118 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 88 Nay: 37 | pass | 88 | 37 | | | 2025-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 88 | 37 | | | 2025-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 34 | 6 | | | 2025-03-20 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed | pass | 34 | 6 | | | 2025-02-27 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 118 | 1 | | ## Actions (27) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Will become law without Governor's signature (House) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 88, Nay 37 (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins appointed as second conferees (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 34, Nay 6 (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins (House) - 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 34, Nay 6 (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-02-27: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-02-27: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-27: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Withdrawn from House Committee on Elections and re-referred to Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-02-20: Withdrawn from House Committee on Elections; Referred to House Committee on Elections (House) - 2025-02-18: Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Calendar and Printing (House) - 2025-02-14: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Elections (House) - 2025-02-13: Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-01-22: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Elections (House) - undated: Allowed to become law without signature; 2025 Kansas session laws, chapter 104 (Governor) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2056/hb2056_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2056/hb2056_enrolled.pdf) - S Sub for: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2056/hb2056_01_0000.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2056/hb2056_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2056/hb2056_enrolled.pdf) - [S Sub for (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2056/hb2056_01_0000.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2056-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).