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KS HB2493

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2026

Primary Sponsor

Elections

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds new requirement for anyone delivering an advance voting ballot on behalf of another voter to include their driver's license or nondriver's identification card number on the required written statement

  • Retains existing requirements that ballot deliverers must be qualified electors, cannot have influenced the voter's decision, and cannot deliver more than 10 ballots per election

  • Candidates for office remain prohibited from delivering advance ballots except for immediate family members

  • Violations of delivery requirements or candidate restrictions constitute a severity level 9 nonperson felony; exceeding the 10-ballot limit is a class B misdemeanor

  • Amends K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-2437; takes effect upon publication in the statute book

Legislative Description

Requiring a person transmitting or delivering a ballot on behalf of another voter to include such person's driver's license number in the written statement on the ballot envelope.

Last Action

House Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Elections1/21/2026

Full Bill Text

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