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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas requires state agencies to report noncitizens receiving public benefits to the secretary of state
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas state agencies that provide public-funded benefits or assistance to noncitizens are required to submit quarterly reports containing recipient identifying information to the secretary of state and are designated as voter registration agencies.
State agencies must establish reporting mechanisms to transmit detailed personal records of noncitizen benefit recipients on a quarterly schedule.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
state agencies
State agencies providing benefits to noncitizens must compile and submit quarterly reports to the secretary of state and assume voter registration agency designations.
noncitizens receiving public-funded benefits
Personal identification and benefit recipient records are subject to quarterly reporting to the secretary of state.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
12 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Senate Committee
- Feb 19, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 18, 2026HouseEngrossed on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Feb 18, 2026SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
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- Feb 17, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Feb 17, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 16, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N
- Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Elections
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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