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KS SB118
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tim Shallenburger
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AI Summary
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Limits Kansas House members to six two-year terms (12 years) and Senate members to three four-year terms (12 years), effective January 11, 2027
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Allows legislators who have reached term limits to continue seeking reelection only by collecting voter signatures on nomination petitions rather than filing a standard declaration of candidacy
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Requires petition signers to acknowledge they understand the candidate has already served the maximum number of terms specified by law
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Counts only full terms toward the limits, with House and Senate service calculated separately; consecutive and non-consecutive terms both count
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Amends K.S.A. 25-205 governing candidate nomination procedures to implement the petition requirement for term-limited legislators
Legislative Description
Imposing conditional term limits on members of the legislature and requiring nomination for office by petition after such term limits have run.
Last Action
Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
1/31/2025