Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2016: Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; requiring that poll workers be citizens of the United States and live within the state of Kansas; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents who are citizens of the United States as poll workers on the basis of residency or being a registered voter; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit advance voting applications.

Enacted Last action April 10, 2025: Engrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025

Plain-language summary

HB 2016 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; requiring that poll workers be citizens of the United States and live within the state of Kansas; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents who are citizens of the United States as poll workers on the basis of residency or being a registered voter; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit advance voting applications. Primary sponsor: Committee on Elections. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2025): Engrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Elections.