# Kansas HB 2437: Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records. Kansas HB 2437, Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Elections; status became law, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2437-2025-2026 - 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 2437 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-14 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Elections - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on federal and state affairs, house committee on elections - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 12 (674 yes, 304 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Felony notices require prompt voter removal: cost, medium. After written notice of a federal district court felony conviction, the chief state election official must notify the county within five business days. Counties must remove the person from voter records within five business days after receiving a qualifying conviction notice. Qualifying notices com… - Agencies share noncitizen benefit recipients' data: cost, low. State public-assistance agencies designated as voter-registration agencies must report each noncitizen benefit recipient to the Secretary of State quarterly. Reports include full name, residence address, birth date, and alien registration number. They also include the last four Social Security digi… - Address checks require notice before removal: mixed, medium. Counties must send address confirmation notices within 45 days after specified signs of a move. Triggers include national address-change records, vehicle records showing a move outside the county, returned mail, and postal address information. Four calendar years without election-related activity a… - Citizenship checks can remove voter registrations: mixed, medium. The Secretary of State checks voter records against the federal SAVE citizenship database twice each calendar year. One check must occur at least 180 days before a regularly scheduled federal general election. Counties must immediately review possible matches, notify voters under federal voter-regi… - Out-of-state licenses trigger voter removal notices: mixed, medium. Every quarter, the Division of Vehicles lists Kansas license holders who later received a license from another jurisdiction. The Secretary of State investigates whether matched voters may no longer intend to stay registered in Kansas. Counties then send confirmation notices to both the voter-regist… - Online voter registration faces website limits: mixed, low. The law limits websites accepting or sending online voter applications to .gov sites or sites approved by the Secretary of State. Counties must reject applications from other websites. Required safeguards include encryption meeting federal NIST standards, authenticated government connections, and d… - More records support voter list checks: mixed, low. The Secretary of State must share duplicate-registration checks at least twice yearly and vehicle residency changes quarterly with counties. The Secretary must request a Social Security list of deceased Kansas residents at least annually and share it with counties. The Secretary may also share resi… - Voter data protected but public access limited: mixed, low. Officials must process SAVE data and related voter information securely under state and federal data-protection standards. Personal identifying information cannot be made public unless disclosure is required by law. Information the Secretary of State obtains under the covered voter-record maintenan… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Elections ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 28 Nay: 11 | pass | 28 | 11 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 84 Nay: 39 | pass | 84 | 39 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 80 Nay: 43 | pass | 80 | 43 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 28 Nay: 12 | pass | 28 | 12 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 32 Nay: 8 | pass | 32 | 8 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 85 Nay: 39 | pass | 85 | 39 | | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 28 | 11 | | | 2026-04-09 | House | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 84 | 39 | | | 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 28 | 12 | | | 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 80 | 43 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 32 | 8 | | | 2026-02-18 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 85 | 39 | | ## Actions (28) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Saturday, March 28, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 84, Nay 39, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 28, Nay 11, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 28, Nay 12 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 80, Nay 43, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins appointed as second conferees (House) - 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins (House) - 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 32, Nay 8 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Engrossed on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 85, Nay 39, Absent 1 (House) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections (House) - 2026-01-15: Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2026-01-14: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-14: 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_2437/hb2437_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/hb2437_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2437/hb2437_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2437/hb2437_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 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_2437/hb2437_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/hb2437_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2437/hb2437_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2437/hb2437_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 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-HB2437-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).