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House Committee on Elections

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

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Sponsored Bills
    SB208 - House Substitute for SB 208 by Committee on Elections - Amending provisions relating to the governmental ethics commission's authority to investigate and enforce the campaign finance act and limitations on the receipt and expenditure of contributions.
    HB2013 - Requiring a runoff election between the top two candidates whenever a candidate for a statewide office fails to receive a majority of the votes cast at a general or special election.
    HB2035 - Requiring the secretary of state to submit an annual report to the legislature on voter registration procedures.
    HB2037 - Requiring verification of residential addresses of registered voters and creating the crime of falsifying a residential address for purposes of voter registration.
    HB2038 - Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to indicate when a student's identification issued by such institution cannot be used for voting purposes.
    HB2052 - Requiring correction of voter registration lists when notice is provided by a court that a person is disqualified from jury service due to not being a citizen of the United States.
    HB2053 - Authorizing the secretary of state to adopt rules and regulations for the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of advance voting ballots.
    HB2054 - Modifying the deadline for requesting a recount after an election.
    HB2055 - Prohibiting third parties from mailing advance voting ballot applications to registered voters.
    HB2056 - Requiring all advance voting ballots to be returned by 7 p.m. on election day.
    HB2057 - Regulating the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of advance voting ballots.
    HB2086 - Amending statutes concerning election procedures and election officials.
    HB2087 - Directing political parties to have procedures for the selection of presidential electors.
    HB2116 - Requiring the secretary of state to join the electronic registration information center (ERIC) to aid state and local officials in keeping voter registration rolls current.
    HB2117 - Requiring the secretary of state to revise the information collected from persons registering to vote to ensure that the state may utilize the systematic alien verification of entitlements program (SAVE) to delete non-citizens from voter registration rolls.
    HB2118 - Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with the Kansas department of aging and disability services, the Kansas department of children and families and the Kansas department of health and environment to cross-check various welfare recipient data to ensure the state's voter registration rolls are current.
    HB2119 - Requiring precinct committeemen and committeewomen to provide the county clerk with their address, phone number and email address.
    HB2120 - Requiring the secretary of state to periodically review state voter registration rolls to investigate when multiple voters utilize the same residential area address and when there are persons with discrepancies in the spelling of names at that address.
    HB2122 - Requiring a witness to each signature on an advance voting ballot envelope and limiting the witness to not more than 10 advance voting ballot envelopes.
    HB2164 - Creating the crime of elector fraud to make it a crime to falsify presidential elector certificates.
    HB2165 - Amending the campaign finance and governmental ethics statutes to extend the time frame for hearings before the governmental ethics commission and making technical amendments.
    HB2166 - Expanding the elections crime of corrupt political advertising to be consistent with the campaign finance act and clarifying the scope of its application.
    HB2167 - Amending the campaign finance act to regulate and limit the use of cryptocurrency and to prohibit the use of any political funds collected by a candidate or candidate committee for a candidate for federal office.
    HB2190 - Expanding certain election crimes and creating new ones, eliminating the criminal prosecutorial authority of the secretary of state and defining special elections.
    HB2206 - Amending the campaign finance act's definition of expressly advocating for a candidate by adding a reasonable person standard to the definition.
    HB2270 - Requiring the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of precinct committeemen and precinct committeewomen to be provided to the county election officer and requiring the county election officer to report such information to the secretary of state.
    HB2289 - Limiting the power of the governmental ethics commission to issue subpoenas to when a verified complaint has been filed and the commission has found probable cause exists.
    HB2297 - Expanding the scope of uses of campaign contributions to include family caregiving services.
    HB2312 - Exempting certain political party committee treasurers from liability for certain violations under the campaign finance act.
    HB2391 - Substitute for HB 2391 by Committee on Elections - Amending the act establishing the governmental ethics commission, relating to campaign finance, establishing a five-year statute of limitations for bringing actions before the commission, limiting the commission's subpoena power, allowing respondents to transfer a hearing before the commission to a hearing officer under the office of administrative hearings.
    HB2504 - Requiring that only physical paper ballots be reviewed when conducting election audits.
    HB2511 - Allowing nonpartisan candidates to include such candidate's political party affiliation on the ballot with such candidate's name.
    HB2512 - Substitute for HB 2512 by Committee on Elections - Relating to advance voting ballots; requiring county election officers to provide at least four hours of advance voting in-person on the Saturday before an election; providing after January 1, 2025, such ballots cast in-person be received in the county election office by 7:00 p.m. on the Sunday proceeding the election; exception to allow voting in-person until 12:00 noon on Monday for good cause.
    HB2513 - Changing the time period for the transmittal and return of advance voting ballots and requiring such ballots be returned by the day of the election.
    HB2516 - Raising the number of signatures required for nomination petitions for independent candidates for statewide office and eliminating the option for such candidates to pay a filing fee in lieu of such petitions.
    HB2517 - Amending the campaign finance act regarding the crime of corrupt political advertising to delete the requirement of listing the treasurer of organizations sponsoring the political advertising.
    HB2518 - Authorizing the secretary of state, after consultation with county election officers, to adopt rules and regulations for the use of remote ballot boxes.
    HB2519 - Substitute for HB2519 by Committee on Elections - Deleting from the general election crime of corrupt political advertising coverage of advertisements for constitutional amendments; adding coverage of advertising for constitutional amendments to the crime of corrupt political advertising which is part of the campaign finance act.
    HB2535 - Prohibiting the use of cryptocurrency for campaign finance contributions and removing the prohibition on the use of political funds subject to reporting under the campaign finance act for the campaign of a candidate for federal elective office.
    HB2571 - Requiring that all advance voting ballots deposited in a remote ballot box be considered provisional ballots until verified by the county election office.
    HB2572 - Imposing personal delivery restrictions on individuals delivering advance voting ballots on behalf of other voters.
    HB2614 - Requiring county election officers to record the names of individuals delivering advance voting ballots on behalf of another voter and report violations of the laws governing such delivery and removing the requirement to specify the treasurer of a sponsoring organization in political advertising.
    HB2615 - Providing for the publishing, printing and distributing of state laws and administrative rules and regulations.
    HB2616 - Prohibiting the disqualification of certain individuals as election poll workers by county election officers on the basis of residency or registered voter status.
    HB2617 - Prohibiting members of the legislature from voting on any legislative matter in which such member has a special interest.
    HB2618 - Prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the legislature and requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official.
    HB2660 - Modifying requirements related to certain business entity filings with the secretary of state, authorizing a change of registered office address by a current occupant under the business entity standard treatment act and changing the information required in an amendment to the articles of incorporation for a cooperative.
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