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IntroducedJan 14, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 10, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications.
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 11, 2026: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2438
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Electionssponsor

Votes
YES: 86
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
NO: 36
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Tuesday, February 10, 2026
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 86 Nay: 36
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Haskins
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Haskins was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be further amended and be passed as amended by Committee on Elections
- Jan 26, 2026 | House
- Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Elections
- Jan 23, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections
- Jan 15, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Elections
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- As Further Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Lisa Veglahn, Private Citizen (Opponent oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Molly Deschamp, Registered Voter (Opponent oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Clayton Barker, Deputy Secretary of State (Proponent)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Cille King, League of Women Voters of Kansas (Opponent)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Brian McClendon, Board Chair, KSVotes (Neutral - Written Only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Fred Bellemere, Lawrence Ks Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Cynthia Thompson, Salina Ks Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Nancy Robinson, Prairie Village Ks Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Kathy Kappes-Sum, Shawnee KS Resident (Opponent -written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Kristen Blackton, Shawnee Ks Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Allison Jeffery, KS Resident (Opponent Oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Gregory Bryant, Robinson Ks (Opponent oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Alexa Boyd, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Leslie Mark, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Samiya Rasheed, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Ellen Johnson, Private Citizen (Opponent WebEx)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Sean Hinton, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Nicole Brown, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Logan DeMond, Director of Policy and Research, ACLU KS (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Patricia Harrigan, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Amanda Winch, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Rachel Roth, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Alexandra Battey, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Katherine Swenson, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Charissa Bertels, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by M. Horowitz, Kansas Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Claudia Patrick, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Cille King, Advocacy Chair, League of Women Voters of KS (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Mike Fonkert, Deputy Director, Kansas Appleseed (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Rick Piepho, KS County Clerks and Election Officials Committee Chair (Neutral written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Logan Byrd, Loud Light Civic Action (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Bryan Thompson, Kansas Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Emily Guthrie, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Davis Hammet, Loud Light Civic Action (Opponent oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Allison Poore, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Joseph Harrington, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Amy Hinrichs, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Donnavan Dillon, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Linda Uthoff, League of Women Voters-Manhattan-Riley County (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Delaney Jones, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Adrienne Newlin, Kansas Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Jonathan Smith, Shawnee County Voter (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Jessica Carr, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Chris Newlin, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Chloe Chaffin, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Andrianna Matthews, Kansas Resident (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Jenna Gorton, Private Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Christian Sinclair, Private Citizen (Opponent oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Molly Deschamp, Registered Voter (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Rabbi Moti Rieber, Kansas InterFaith Action (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Lisa Veglahn, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Glenda Overstreet, League of Women Voters Topeka (Opponent oral)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Missy Leavitt, Kansas Citizen (Neutral WebEx)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Greg Blakely, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only late entry)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Susan Norris, Kansas Citizen (Opponent written only late entry)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Mike Heim, Assistant Revisor, Office of Director of Statutes (Summary)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Opponent-written only, (Opponent-written only)
- Committee Report recommending bill be further amended and be passed as amended by Committee on Elections
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections
