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IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2025
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Signed into LawApr 10, 2025
Concerning elections; including private online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from voter registration books; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents as poll workers by county election officers on the basis of residency or registered; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit an application for an advance voting ballot.
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House • Apr 10, 2025: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 2016
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Electionssponsor
Votes
YES: 106
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brownlee
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- W.
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hill
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Miller
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Osman
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sawyer
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wikle
- Willcott
- K.
- L.
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
YES: 97
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- W.
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hill
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Melton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Osman
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sawyer
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- L.
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 26
Actions
- Apr 10, 2025 | House
- Engrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
- Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 97 Nay: 26
- Mar 26, 2025 | Senate
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- Mar 25, 2025 | Senate
- Conference committee report now available
- Mar 20, 2025 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Proctor , Representative Waggoner and Representative Haskins as conferees
- Mar 19, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- Mar 10, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Mar 05, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- Feb 20, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2025 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 106 Nay: 13
- Feb 18, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 13, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- Jan 16, 2025 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Elections
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Tue, Mar 25, 2025PDF
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Jason Long, Bill Summary, Revisor of Statute (HB2016)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State (Prop, In-P, HB2016)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Kari Sue Vosburgh, Sedgwick County Precinct Committeewoman (Prop, W, HB2016)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Tammy Minihan, Sedgwick County Precinct Committeewoman (Prop, W, HB2016)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, KS GOP Delegate (Prop, W, HB2016)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 6, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Rick Piepho, Kansas County Clerks and Elections Officials Association (Proponent-oral)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Patricia DeDamos, Private Citizen (Proponent-written only)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State, General Counsel (Proponent - oral)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Rashane Hamby, American Civil Liberties Union (Opponent-written only)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Kari Sue Vosburgh, Private Citizen (Proponent-written only)
- Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 6, 2025: Testimony by Mike Heim, Assistant Revisor, Revisor of Statutes Office (Summary)
- Conference Committee Report
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections