# Kansas SB 6: Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections. Kansas SB 6, Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB6-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 6 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on elections, senate committee on federal and state affairs - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (290 yes, 114 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 Federal and State Affairs ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 30 Nay: 10 | pass | 30 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 86 Nay: 37 | pass | 86 | 37 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 29 Nay: 10 | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2025-03-17 | Senate | Concurred with amendments | pass | 30 | 10 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 86 | 37 | | | 2025-02-05 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 29 | 10 | | ## Actions (16) - 2025-03-26: Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Concurred with amendments; Yea 30, Nay 10 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-03-13: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 86, Nay 37, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-03-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections (House) - 2025-02-27: Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-02-06: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to House Committee on Elections (House) - 2025-02-05: Final Action - Passed; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Introduced (Senate) ## 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/sb_6/sb6_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_6/sb6_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_6/sb6_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/sb_6/sb6_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_6/sb6_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_6/sb6_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-SB6-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).