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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 65: House Substitute for SB 65 by House Committee on Elections - Removing cities, counties, school districts and community colleges from the mail ballot election law; authorizing the election of directors by irrigation districts by mail ballot; requiring qualified electors deliver advance ballots unless otherwise provided by federal law.

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 65 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: House Substitute for SB 65 by House Committee on Elections - Removing cities, counties, school districts and community colleges from the mail ballot election law; authorizing the election of directors by irrigation districts by mail ballot; requiring qualified electors deliver advance ballots unless otherwise provided by federal law. 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. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
  6. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  7. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
  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