# Kansas HB 2106: Banning contributions from foreign nationals for the support or defeat of a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution. Kansas HB 2106, Banning contributions from foreign nationals for the support or defeat of a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Elections; status became law, last action 2025-04-10 (Will become law without Governor's signature); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2106-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2106 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Banning contributions from foreign nationals for the support or defeat of a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Will become law without Governor's signature - Sponsor: Committee on Elections - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on federal and state affairs, house committee on elections - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (266 yes, 50 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Amendment campaigns face reporting deadlines and penalties: cost, low. Reporting duties begin when both legislative chambers pass an amendment resolution in final form; existing campaign treasury funds must be reported. Anyone receiving more than $50 in total money or in-kind contributions during the prior calendar year must file by February 15. Annual reports go to t… - Amendment donors and spenders must certify funding: cost, low. Annual filers must certify they have not knowingly accepted foreign-national contributions or expenditures, directly or indirectly, for covered amendment activity. Recipients must get each donor's certification that the donor is not a foreign national. Donors must also certify they have not knowing… - Kansas amendment campaigns face foreign-money ban: cost, low. Effective upon publication in the statute book, the law bans accepting foreign-national money, directly or indirectly, for Kansas constitutional amendment campaigns. This covers campaigns supporting or opposing adoption or repeal of constitutional provisions. Foreign nationals include people who ar… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Elections ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 94 Nay: 25 | pass | 94 | 25 | | | 2025-03-13 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 94 | 25 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-04-10: Will become law without Governor's signature (House) - 2025-03-21: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-13: Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Adoption of the Committee Report was rejected. (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Hearing: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Engrossed on Monday, February 17, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-17: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-02-14: Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed (House) - 2025-02-14: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-14: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-02-14: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 94, Nay 25, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections (House) - 2025-02-04: Hearing: Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-01-28: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-28: Referred to House Committee on Elections (House) - undated: Allowed to become law without signature; 2025 Kansas session laws, chapter 27 (Governor) ## 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_2106/hb2106_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2106/hb2106_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2106/hb2106_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2106/hb2106_enrolled.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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (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_2106/hb2106_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2106/hb2106_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2106/hb2106_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2106/hb2106_enrolled.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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [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-HB2106-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).