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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Legislature considers repealing the Mail Ballot Election Act and amending various election and municipal finance statutes
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Senate CommitteeSponsors: Allen Reavis and 19 others
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill repeals the Mail Ballot Election Act entirely and updates numerous statutes concerning county extension councils, municipal s, sales tax revenue bonds, city annexations, library districts, irrigation districts, school advisory boards, and property tax caps.
Changes statutory rules governing local elections, municipal debt issuance, sales tax pledges, and public hearings across various Kansas political subdivisions without altering overall state tax rates.
- The Mail Ballot Election Act previously governed the conduct of certain local and question-submitted elections via mail-in ballots in Kansas. context
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.
Kansas Voters
Voters experience changes in advance voting application requirements, identification rules, and the repeal of mail ballot election procedures.
County Election Officers
Election officers must implement updated advance voting protocols, record retention schedules, and statutory changes for local elections.
Municipalities and Counties
Local governments face modified rules regarding sales tax revenue bonds, lease-purchase agreements, annexation procedures, and property tax revenue caps.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
10 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Senate Committee
- Feb 25, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 24, 2026SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed
- Feb 18, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
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- Feb 11, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by
- Feb 3, 2026HouseHearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N
- Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Elections
Version history
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Comprehensive Omnibus Election and Municipal Finance Revision
The bill bundles the repeal of mail ballot election procedures with extensive technical amendments across county extension councils, municipal bonds, annexations, water districts, and property tax caps.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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