Kansas 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 2256 — Election offenses; electioneering crime changes.

Last action — Died on Senate General Orders

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died on Senate General Orders

  2. Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar

  3. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  4. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government

  5. Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 142-S

  6. Hearing: Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 142-S

  7. Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government

  8. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government

  9. Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 142-S

  10. Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government

  11. Received and Introduced

  12. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 72 Nay: 52

  13. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  14. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  15. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  16. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections

  17. Hearing: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N

  18. Referred to Committee on Elections

  19. Introduced

Sponsors

  • Committee on Elections · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on · 18 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Elections

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (164)

164 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended;

Passed 72 Yea · 52 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 31300
Unaffiliated 483401
Republican 21500
Total 725201
% of votes cast 58%42%0%1%
How each member voted (125)
Member Party Vote
Alford — Nay
Aurand — Yea
Carpenter — Yea
Davis — Yea
Jones — Yea
Kelly — Yea
Patton — Yea
Powell — Yea
Gallagher — Yea
Good — Yea
Highland — Yea
Hineman — Yea
Houser — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Judd-Jenkins — Yea
Karleskint — Yea
Lakin — Yea
Landwehr — Yea
Markley — Yea
Mason — Yea
Orr — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Proehl — Yea
Rafie — Yea
A. — Yea
E. — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Crum — Nay
Highberger — Nay
Phelps — Nay
Ruiz — Nay
Wolfe — Nay
Finney — Nay
Frownfelter — Nay
Garber — Nay
Gartner — Nay
Henderson — Nay
Hibbard — Nay
Hodge — Nay
Jennings — Nay
Kessinger — Nay
Koesten — Nay
Kuether — Nay
Lusk — Nay
Lusker — Nay
Mastroni — Nay
Murnan — Nay
Parker — Nay
Pittman — Not Voting
Ralph — Nay
Resman — Yea
Rooker — Nay
Schroeder — Yea
Schwab — Yea
Sloan — Yea
Terrell — Nay
Thimesch — Yea
Vickrey — Yea
Wheeler — Nay
Whitmer — Yea
Baker — Yea
Barker — Yea
Becker — Yea
Bishop — Nay
Brim — Nay
Burroughs — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Clark — Nay
Concannon — Nay
Cox — Yea
DeGraaf — Yea
Deere — Yea
Dierks — Nay
Dove — Yea
Elliott — Yea
Eplee — Yea
Finch — Nay
Trimmer — Yea
Victors — Nay
Whipple — Nay
Barbara Ballard Democrat Nay
Cindy Holscher Democrat Nay
Cindy Neighbor Democrat Yea
Henry Helgerson Democrat Yea
Jarrod Ousley Democrat Nay
Jerry Stogsdill Democrat Nay
John Alcala Democrat Nay
John Carmichael Democrat Nay
KC Ohaebosim Democrat Nay
Pam Curtis Democrat Nay
Silas Miller Democrat Yea
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton Democrat Nay
Sydney Carlin Democrat Nay
Tom Sawyer Democrat Nay
Valdenia Winn Democrat Nay
Virgil Weigel Democrat Nay
Bill Sutton Republican Yea
Bob Lewis Republican Yea
Brenda Dietrich Republican Yea
Charlotte Esau Republican Yea
Daniel Hawkins Republican Yea
Doug Blex Republican Yea
Francis Awerkamp Republican Yea
Greg Wilson Republican Nay
Jill Ward Republican Nay
Joe Seiwert Republican Nay
Joseph Claeys Republican Yea
Ken Corbet Republican Yea
Ken Rahjes Republican Yea
Kyle Hoffman Republican Yea
Leo Delperdang Republican Yea
Mark Schreiber Republican Nay
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Ronald Ellis Republican Yea
Ronald Ryckman Republican Yea
Sean Tarwater Republican Yea
Shannon Francis Republican Nay
Steve Huebert Republican Yea
Susan Humphries Republican Yea
Timothy Johnson Republican Yea
Tory Marie Blew Republican Yea
Troy Waymaster Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2256?
HB 2256 is sponsored by Committee on Elections.
What is the current status of HB 2256?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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