UPDATED
SESSION OF 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2162
As Recommended by House Committee on
Elections

Brief*
HB 2162 would add and amend law related to data used
in adopting senatorial and representative district boundaries.
It also would repeal law related to data used in adopting
senatorial and representative district boundaries, election-
related contributions by certain corporations and
stockholders, and a presidential preference primary.

Population Data
The bill would add law to specify the population data
used in adopting Kansas legislative districts must be identical
to the data collected by the U.S. Bureau of the Census
(Census) and used for the apportionment of the U.S. House
of Representatives. The bill would prohibit use of any other
Census counts, including the use of statistical sampling, to
add or subtract population.

Statutes to be Repealed
The bill would repeal provisions in the Kansas Statutes
Annotated, Chapter 11, Census, and in Chapter 25, Elections.
State census. The bill would repeal provisions related
to an enumeration of Kansas residents as of January 1, 1988.
The bill also would repeal a requirement for the Secretary of
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
State to adjust the Census numbers for military personnel
and postsecondary students for purposes of reapportioning
senatorial and representative districts and provisions related
to obtaining and using data for that adjustment.
Elections. The bill would repeal a prohibition on political
contributions from certain types of government-regulated
corporations, such as banks and railroads, and the penalties
for violating that prohibition. The bill also would repeal
statutes related to the presidential preference primary, on the
topics of the state canvass of the votes, certification of
results, payment of election expenses, eligibility to vote, the
form of the ballot, county canvasses of votes, and
transmitting results to the Secretary of State.

Other Provisions
The bill would amend law to remove references to the
1988 state census; in law regarding data used for grant
applications and for certain credit union field-of-membership
determinations, refer to the law added by the bill rather than
to a section to be repealed; and remove a reference to a
section that would be repealed by the bill from exceptions to
the Kansas Open Records Act.
The bill would also make technical amendments.

Background
The bill was introduced by the House Committee on
Elections at the request of the Office of the Secretary of
State.
[Note: HB 2162 contains provisions identical to 2020 SB
256, as amended by the Senate Committee on Ethics,
Elections, and Local Government.]


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House Committee on Elections
In the House Committee hearing on the bill on February
2, 2020, a representative of the Office of the Secretary of
State testified as a proponent, stating the bill was a “clean-
up” bill following a 2019 amendment to the Kansas
Constitution, eliminating an adjustment to the federal Census
data.

House Committee of the Whole
The bill was withdrawn from the Calendar and rereferred
to the House Committee on Elections.

House Committee on Elections
Following discussion on the bill on February 23, 2021,
the House Committee recommended the bill be placed on the
Consent Calendar.

Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, the Office of the Secretary of State
indicates enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect on
the agency.
Elections; redistricting; U.S. Bureau of the Census


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 11-201, 11-204, 11-210, 17-2205, 45-229, 11-205, 11-206, 11-207, 11-208, 11-302, 11-303, 11-304, 11-305, 11-306, 11-307
Enrolled: 11-201, 11-210, 17-2205, 45-229, 11-204, 11-205, 11-206, 11-207, 11-208, 11-301, 11-302, 11-303, 11-304, 11-305, 11-306, 11-307