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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 4: Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 4 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election. Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs. Most recent recorded action (March 25, 2025): Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 30, Nay 10.

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Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Federal and State AffairsPrimary 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. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 30, Nay 10
  2. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 84, Nay 41
  3. Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Monday, March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 14, 2025
  5. Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 30, Nay 10
  6. Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins appointed as conferees
  7. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  8. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Alexis Simmons
  9. Rep. Pat Proctor raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane
  10. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Silas Miller
  11. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Silas Miller was rejected; Yea 35, Nay 84, Absent 6
  12. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Heather Meyer

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

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