# Kansas HB 2057: Requiring the governor to appointment persons to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and the commissioner of insurance from a list of names approved by the legislature.

Kansas HB 2057, Requiring the governor to appointment persons to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and the commissioner of insurance from a list of names approved by the legislature., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Elections; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died on Calendar) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2057
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring the governor to appointment persons to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and the commissioner of insurance from a list of names approved by the legislature.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died on Calendar
- Sponsor: Committee on Elections
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on elections, house committee on federal and state affairs
- Touches household money: no
- 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

## Actions (11)

- 2026-04-10: Died on Calendar (House)
- 2025-02-25: Withdrawn from House Committee on Elections and re-referred to Committee of the Whole (House)
- 2025-02-20: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Elections (House)
- 2025-02-19: Withdrawn from House Committee on Calendar and Printing and re-referred to Committee of the Whole (House)
- 2025-02-18: Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Calendar and Printing (House)
- 2025-02-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)
- 2025-02-06: Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)
- 2025-01-31: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Elections (House)
- 2025-01-28: Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House)
- 2025-01-22: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Elections (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Elections: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2057/hb2057_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2057/hb2057_00_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 Amended by House Committee on Elections (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2057/hb2057_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2057/hb2057_00_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2057-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).