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            "BILLNO": "HB2659",
            "EFFECTIVEDATE": "This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.",
            "HISTORY": [
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                    "action_code": "dead_com_301",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "journal_page_number": "",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2026-05-05T10:39:36",
                    "session_date": "2026-04-10",
                    "status": "Died in Committee"
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                    "chamber": "House",
                    "committee_names": [
                        "Committee on Elections"
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                    "journal_page_number": "1721",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2026-02-04T09:58:28",
                    "session_date": "2026-02-04",
                    "status": "Referred to"
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                    "action_code": "intro_ibc_158",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "journal_page_number": "1714",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2026-02-03T11:36:59",
                    "session_date": "2026-02-03",
                    "status": "Introduced"
                }
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            "LONGTITLE": "AN ACT concerning elections; relating to audits and recounts; requiring that audits and recounts be conducted using a hand count of paper ballots; amending K.S.A. 25-4413 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-2912, 25-3009 and 25-3107 and repealing the existing sections.",
            "NAME": "HB2659",
            "ORIGINAL_SPONSOR": [
                "Representative Poetter Parshall"
            ],
            "RELATEDRS": "26rs3093",
            "SHORTTITLE": "Requiring that all election audits and recounts be conducted using a hand count of paper ballots.",
            "SPONSOR_NAMES": [
                "Representative Poetter Parshall"
            ],
            "STATUS": "dead",
            "documents": [],
            "versions": [
                "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2659_00_0000.pdf"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "revno": 877182
}