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House Committee on Elections

  • Committee Assistant: Dana Rooney 785-296-7681
  • Dana.Rooney@House.ks.gov

    • Meeting Day: Tue/Thu Time: 3:30 pm Location: 218-N

    Room 218-N Audio Stream

    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB389 - Requiring all voting systems for elections to use individual voter-verified paper ballots with a distinctive watermark.
    SB390 - Requiring the secretary of state and local election officers to develop an affidavit to be signed by election workers regarding handling of completed ballots.
    SB439 - Requiring a county election officer to send a confirmation of address when there is no election-related activity for any four calendar year period.
    HB2002 - Enacting the national popular vote interstate compact for electing the president of the United States.
    HB2012 - Decreasing penalties for certain voting crimes and making amendments to the elements of the substantive offenses.
    HB2036 - Authorizing Sedgwick county voters during the 2021 election cycle to vote on election day at any voting place in the county.
    HB2054 - Limiting who may deliver advance ballots, placing limitations on the number of such ballots that a person may deliver and establishing criminal penalties for violations.
    HB2055 - Making the five-day grace period for the late filing notice for lobbyist reports and statements of substantial interest reports to begin when the notice is deposited in the mail.
    HB2235 - Requiring lobbyists to wear body cameras while in the statehouse, making such recordings public records and prohibiting any economic benefit or hospitality provided by a lobbyist to a legislator or candidates for the legislature.
    HB2278 - Providing for the publication of signed statements of fair campaign practices and a cause of action and penalties for violations of such statement.
    HB2319 - Shortening the deadline for the return of advance voting ballots to 5:00 p.m. the day after the election and providing the deadline cannot be altered by an elected or appointed official or a court.
    HB2326 - Requiring precinct committeemen and committeewomen to provide the county clerk with their address, phone number and email address and limiting the disclosure of the phone number and email address to county and state party chairpersons.
    HB2333 - Prohibiting the acceptance of incomplete applications for advance voting ballots, prohibiting candidates for office from engaging in certain conduct with respect to advance voting ballots and expanding the crime of electioneering.
    HB2334 - Prohibiting the networking of electronic voting machines and providing for recounts of the results tabulated by such machines.
    HB2344 - Requiring Riley county to elect a county sheriff beginning in the 2022 election cycle and abolishing the Riley county law enforcement agency.
    HB2578 - Lowering petition requirements for recognition of political parties.
    HB2585 - Requiring all advance voting ballots be returned by 7 pm on election day.
    HB2653 - Requiring county election officers provide ballot images to candidates on request.
    HB2707 - Expanding the election crime of corrupt political advertising to be consistent with the campaign finance act and clarifying the scope of its application.
    Resolutions In Committee
    HCR5004 - Proposing to amend Section 11 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas regarding the filing of vacancies in the office of Attorney General and the Secretary of State.
    HCR5007 - Constitutional amendment reserving the powers of initiative and referendum to the people.
    HCR5009 - Making application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states on election integrity.
    Sponsored Bills
    HB2051 - Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the offices of state treasurer and the insurance commissioner by statewide district convention.
    HB2052 - Authorizing legislative assistants and committee assistants to accept gifts from legislators.
    HB2053 - Requiring electronic filing of campaign reports by candidates for state office unless an exemption is granted for cause.
    HB2054 - Limiting who may deliver advance ballots, placing limitations on the number of such ballots that a person may deliver and establishing criminal penalties for violations.
    HB2055 - Making the five-day grace period for the late filing notice for lobbyist reports and statements of substantial interest reports to begin when the notice is deposited in the mail.
    HB2090 - Creating a procedure for appointment of acting official when an elected official's military service causes a vacancy.
    HB2118 - Deleting the treasurer's name from candidate political advertisements and requiring clear and obvious attribution in advertisements.
    HB2162 - Amending and repealing reapportionment census data laws to conform with 2019 amendments to the Kansas constitution and to remove certain obsolete provisions.
    HB2163 - Repealing obsolete election laws relating to the use of census data adjustments, repealing obsolete statutes relating to the 1988 census, the presidential preference primary and certain elections-related corporate contribution restrictions.
    HB2183 - Prohibiting the governor, the executive branch and the judicial branch from altering election laws or procedures and limiting the authority of the secretary of state to enter into consent decrees with any court absent the approval of the legislative coordinating council.
    HB2344 - Requiring Riley county to elect a county sheriff beginning in the 2022 election cycle and abolishing the Riley county law enforcement agency.
    HB2355 - Clarifying four election statutes dealing with bond law elections, county election commissioners, deleting the requirement of residing in the county and mail ballots clarification.
    HB2576 - Extending the time frame for governmental ethics commission hearings once probable cause is found; allowing federal officials to assist commission investigations.
    HB2577 - Making technical amendments to the campaign finance act, extending the time frame for investigative hearings before the governmental ethics commission, and allowing federal officials to assist commission investigations.
    HB2578 - Lowering petition requirements for recognition of political parties.
    HB2579 - Requiring electronic filing of campaign reports by candidates for state office unless an exemption is granted for cause.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2021 Legislative Session
    HCR5004 - Proposing to amend Section 11 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas regarding the filing of vacancies in the office of Attorney General and the Secretary of State.
    HCR5009 - Making application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states on election integrity.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2022 Legislative Session
    HCR5004 - Proposing to amend Section 11 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas regarding the filing of vacancies in the office of Attorney General and the Secretary of State.
    HCR5009 - Making application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states on election integrity.
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