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KS SB 65

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House Substitute for SB 65 by House Committee on Elections - Removing cities, counties, school districts and community colleges from the mail ballot election law; authorizing the election of directors by irrigation districts by mail ballot; requiring qualified electors deliver advance ballots unless otherwise provided by federal law.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
2025-01-23
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-10 — Died on House Calendar
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Federal and State Affairsprimary
  • Committee on Electionscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-10

    Died on House Calendar

    failure

  2. 2026-03-18

    Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Elections

    committee-passage-favorable

  3. 2026-02-24

    Referred to House Committee on Elections

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-24

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  5. 2026-02-18

    Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0

    passage

  6. 2026-02-17

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  7. 2026-02-17

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  8. 2026-02-11

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-01-24

    Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-01-23

    Introduced

    introduction

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB65/

Attribution

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