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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Prohibits Artificial Persons and Corporations From Engaging in Political and Ballot-Issue Activities
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT concerning the powers of artificial persons and foreign artificial persons; relating to political powers such as election activity or ballot-issue activity; providing that artificial persons shall not possess any such political powers and any exercise of such powers shall be void and result in forfeiture of privileges granted pursuant to Kansas law; amending K.S.A. 17-1503, 17-1605, 17-2034, 17-2204, 17-6001, 17-6101, 17-6104, 17-7930, 56-1a106, 56-1a253 and 56a-306 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 17-7668 and repealing the existing sections.
The measure strips for-profit and non-political business entities of the legal capacity to fund or direct political campaigns and ballot measures in Kansas, risking corporate charters and limited liability protections for violators.
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.
Corporations and Business Entities
Artificial legal persons lose the legal power to engage in election or ballot-issue activities and face charter forfeiture for violations.
Political Committees and Candidate Committees
Registered political, candidate, and party committees are permitted to continue engaging in election and ballot-issue activities provided they claim no charter privilege other than limited liability.
Natural Persons
Natural persons retain their existing rights of speech, petition, and association without regulation by the act.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Feb 6, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 6, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Elections
Version history
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Discoveries
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Comprehensive Revocation of Corporate Political Power
The bill systematically amends multiple chapters of Kansas statutes (governing cooperatives, agricultural associations, business trusts, credit unions, corporations, LLCs, and partnerships) to insert uniform language stripping all artificial persons of political and ballot-issue powers.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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