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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 394: House Substitute for SB 394 by Committee on Elections - Relating to signature verification for advance voting ballots, concerning court orders that invalidate or enjoin signature verification triggering a return to allowing advance voting only if certain conditions exist, establishing venue in the district court in Shawnee county for all constitutional challenges to election laws.

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 394 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: House Substitute for SB 394 by Committee on Elections - Relating to signature verification for advance voting ballots, concerning court orders that invalidate or enjoin signature verification triggering a return to allowing advance voting only if certain conditions exist, establishing venue in the district court in Shawnee county for all constitutional challenges to election laws. 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 - Committee Report be adopted
  6. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
  7. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 26, Nay 11, Absent 2
  8. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
  9. Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
  10. Introduced

Sources

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