# Kansas SCR 1611: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission.

Kansas SCR 1611, Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status adopted, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Secretary of State on Friday, March 28, 2025) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SCR 1611
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Secretary of State on Friday, March 28, 2025
- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on judiciary, senate committee on federal and state affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (111 yes, 53 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Adopted by required 2/3 majority | pass | 84 | 40 |   |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | Final Action - Adopted as amended by required 2/3 Majority | pass | 27 | 13 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Secretary of State on Friday, March 28, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Adopted by required 2/3 majority; Yea 84, Nay 40, Absent 1 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Motion to reconsider failed. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Committee Report recommending resolution be adopted by House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-03-13: Hearing: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2025-03-07: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2025-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-03-06: Final Action - Adopted as amended by required 2/3 Majority; Yea 27, Nay 13 (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Marci Francisco was rejected (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Chase Blasi (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Chase Blasi was adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Be adopted as further amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Committee Report recommending resolution be adopted as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Hearing: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-02-07: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_02_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 Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/scr_1611/scr1611_02_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-SCR1611-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).