# Kansas HB 2733: Requiring any person who is candidate or who has been elected to certain offices shall be and must remain a resident of the state or the appropriate district. Kansas HB 2733, Requiring any person who is candidate or who has been elected to certain offices shall be and must remain a resident of the state or the appropriate district., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Elections; status signed, last action 2026-03-20 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2733-2025-2026 - 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 2733 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring any person who is candidate or who has been elected to certain offices shall be and must remain a resident of the state or the appropriate district. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-05 - Last action: 2026-03-20, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Elections - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on federal and state affairs, house committee on local government, house committee on elections - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (284 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kansas candidates and officials face residency rules: cost, low. Candidates and elected or appointed officials in covered Kansas offices must remain qualified voters living in the required area. Covered offices include district attorneys, statewide elected officials, State Board of Education members, school board members, and community college trustees. The law… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Elections ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 122 Nay: 0 | pass | 122 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 122 | 0 | | ## Actions (13) - 2026-03-20: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-16: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-10: Consent Calendar Passed (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Final Action - Passed; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-17: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Local Government (House) - 2026-02-11: Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N (House) - 2026-02-09: Withdrawn from House Committee on Local Government; Referred to House Committee on Local Government (House) - 2026-02-05: Introduced (House) - 2026-02-05: Referred to House Committee on Elections (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2733/hb2733_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2733/hb2733_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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2733/hb2733_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2733/hb2733_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-HB2733-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).