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IntroducedJan 14, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 05, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 27, 2025
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Signed into Law
Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 25, 2025: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 84 Nay: 41
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 4
Tweets
Whip Lists
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- Committee on Federal and State Affairssponsor
Votes
YES: 36
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Ballard
- Brownlee
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- Carr
- Collins
- Curtis
- Featherston
- Haskins
- Hoye
- Martinez
- McDonald
- Melton
- Meyer
- Miller
- Mosley
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Poskin
- L.
- Sawyer
- Schlingensiepen
- Simmons
- Stogsdill
- Vaughn
- Weigel
- Wikle
- Winn
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 83
- Anderson
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- Chauncey
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- Wolf
YES: 35
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Ballard
- Brownlee
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- Carr
- Curtis
- Featherston
- Haskins
- Hoye
- Martinez
- McDonald
- Melton
- Meyer
- Miller
- Mosley
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Poskin
- L.
- Sawyer
- Schlingensiepen
- Simmons
- Stogsdill
- Vaughn
- Weigel
- Wikle
- Winn
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 84
- Anderson
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- Wolf
YES: 80
- Anderson
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Brantley
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- Chauncey
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roth
- Sanders
- Schmoe
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- Wolf
NO: 39
YES: 84
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Brantley
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- W.
- Chauncey
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hill
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Schmoe
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- Wolf
NO: 41
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Mar 25, 2025 | House
- Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 84 Nay: 41
- Mar 25, 2025 | Senate
- Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 30 Nay: 10
- Mar 24, 2025 | Senate
- Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Monday, March 24, 2025
- Mar 14, 2025 | Senate
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 14, 2025
- Mar 06, 2025 | Senate
- Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 30 Nay: 10
- Mar 03, 2025 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Representative Proctor, Representative Waggoner and Representative Haskins appointed as conferees
- Feb 27, 2025 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Thompson , Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees
- Feb 27, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Simmons
- Representative Proctor raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected Yea: 35 Nay: 84
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Meyer
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Meyer was rejected Yea: 36 Nay: 83
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Haskins
- Representative Penn raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 80 Nay: 39
- Feb 14, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections
- Feb 11, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Elections
- Feb 05, 2025 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 29 Nay: 10
- Feb 04, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Faust Goudeau
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Faust Goudeau was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Jan 23, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 22, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- Jan 15, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 14, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As introducedPDF
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- EnrolledPDF
- House Amendment -- Offered by Representative Haskins, 02/27/2025PDF
- House Amendment -- Offered by Representative Meyer, 02/27/2025PDF
- House Amendment -- Offered by Representative Miller, 02/27/2025PDF
- House Amendment -- Offered by Representative Simmons, 02/27/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Faust Goudeau, 02/04/2025PDF
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Minutes
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Kari Sue Vosburgh, Private Citizen (Proponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Rick Piepho, Kansas County Clerks and Election Officials Association (Opponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Jason Snead, Executive Director, Honest Elections Project Action (Proponent-WebEx)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Tammy Minihan, Republican Precinct Committeewoman (Proponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Ashton Gebhard, Private Citizen (Opponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Patricia DeDamos, Private Citizen (Proponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Jill O'Connor, Private Citizen (Proponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Brett Anderson, Private Citizen (Proponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Rabbi Moti Rieber, Kansas Interfaith Action (Opponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Rashane Hamby, Director of Policy and Research, American Civil Liberties Union of Kanasas (Opponent-oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State, General Counsel (Neutral - Oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Catherine Gunsalus, Director of State Advocacy, Heritage Action for America (Proponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Cille King, Advocacy Chair, League of Women Voters Kansas (Opponent- WebEx)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Mike Burgess, Director of Policy & Outreach at the Disability Rights Center of Kansas (Opponent - oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Corliss Jacobs, Private Citizen (Opponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Canyen Ashworth, Private Citizen (Opponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Davis Hammet, President-Loud Light Civic Action (Opponent-oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Donna Patton, Private Citizen (Opponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Susan Krsnich, Private Citizen (Opponent-written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Tue, Feb 11, 2025: Testimony by Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State, General Counsel (Neutral - oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Minutes
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Madeline Malise, Opportunity Solutions Project (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jason Snead, Honest Elections Action (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Dale Enyart, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Brett Anderson, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Kari Vosburg, Sedgwick County Precinct Committeewoman (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jill O'Connor, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Melissa Campbell, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Gregory Seiler, Business Owners for Election Integrity (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Christian Adams, Public Interest Legal Foundation (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Davis Hammet, Loud Light Civil Action (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Ann Mah, Former State Rep (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Erin Woods, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jacqueline Lightcap, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Rija Khan, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Alexis Perry, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Julia Young, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Saihaj Parmar, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Andrea Braz, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Cassie Martin, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Katherine Dillon, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Kiernan McCarty, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Lynne Bock, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Sarah Mackay, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Patrice Borders, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Amy Hinrichs, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jory Hennelly, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jodie Vickers, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Rebecca Lang, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Adrienne Maples, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Kelly Brende, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Claudia Patrick, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Cille King, Leage of Women Voters KS (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jason Williams, Health Forward Foundation (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Martha Conradt, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Caryleen Gunderman, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Victoria Bruner, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Judi Barkema, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jeanne Koontz, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Deborah Turner, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jessica Bright, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Amy Hill, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Elizabeth Hunter-Blank, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Connie Brown Collins, Executive Director of Voter Rights Network of Wyandotte County (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Kristen Blackton, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Debby McDonald, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Leslie Mark, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Rabbi Moti Rievere, KS Interfaith Action (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jack Newlin, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Christa Hines, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Marcel Harmon, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Allison Williams, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Stacy Knoell, KS African American Affairs Commissions (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Phoebe Rinkel, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Kristy Baughman, United Community Services of Johnson County (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Mike Burgress, Disability Rights Center of KS (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Lisa Veglahn, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Erin Dahl, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Ann Norbury, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Michael DeMent, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Alice Capson, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Susan Leonard, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Clayton L. Barker, Secretary of State (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Office of the Revisor (Memorandum)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Emily Bartlett, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Emily Bartlett, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Rick Piepho, KS County Clerks and Election Officials (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Laura Robeson, Private Citizen (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Rashane Hamby, ACLU of KS (SB4)
- House Committee on Elections, Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Testimony by Rick Piepho, KS County Clerks and Election Officials-Document (SB4)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs