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KS HB2493
Bill
Status
1/21/2026
Primary Sponsor
Elections
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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Candidates for office remain prohibited from delivering advance ballots except for immediate family members
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Violations of delivery requirements or candidate restrictions constitute a severity level 9 nonperson felony; exceeding the 10-ballot limit is a class B misdemeanor
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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