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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2659: Requiring that all election audits and recounts be conducted using a hand count of paper ballots.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2659 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring that all election audits and recounts be conducted using a hand count of paper ballots. Primary sponsor: Samantha Poetter Parshall (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Samantha Poetter ParshallPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Committee
  2. Introduced
  3. Referred to House Committee on Elections

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source