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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 231: House Substitute for SB231 by Committee on Elections - Changing the timing of city, school, community college and certain other municipality elections to fall in even-numbered years and requiring the term of office of municipal elected officials to be either two years or four years.

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

SB 231 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: House Substitute for SB231 by Committee on Elections - Changing the timing of city, school, community college and certain other municipality elections to fall in even-numbered years and requiring the term of office of municipal elected officials to be either two years or four years. Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died on House Calendar.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Federal and State AffairsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Committee on ElectionsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 on House Calendar
  2. Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Elections
  3. Received and Introduced
  4. Referred to House Committee on Elections
  5. Committee of the Whole - Be passed
  6. Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0
  7. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
  8. Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
  9. Introduced

Sources

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