Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 208 — House Substitute for SB 208 by Committee on Elections - Amending provisions relating to the governmental ethics commission's authority to investigate and enforce the campaign finance act and limitations on the receipt and expenditure of contributions.

Last action — Approved by Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Laura Kelly (Democratic) on April 24, 2023.

Prognosis

Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    4 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Action History

  1. Approved by Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023

  2. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 4, 2023

  3. Concurred with amendments; Yea: 27 Nay: 12

  4. Motion to concur offered. Substitute motion to nonconcur and appoint a conference failed. Yea: 10 Nay: 30

  5. Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 3

  6. Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed

  7. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed

  8. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  9. Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Elections

  10. Referred to Committee on Elections

  11. Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 218-N

  12. Received and Introduced

  13. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 21 Nay: 19

  14. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended

  15. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was adopted Yea: 22 Nay: 16

  16. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Tyson

  17. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  18. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  19. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  20. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  21. Hearing: Monday, February 20, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 144-S

  22. Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  23. Introduced

Sponsors

  • Committee on Federal and State Affairs · Primary
  • Committee on Elections · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on · 27 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Elections

Not signed on (163)

163 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

Motion to concur offered. Substitute motion to nonconcur and appoint a conference failed.

Failed 10 Yea · 30 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7800
Democrat 3300
Republican 01900
Total 103000
% of votes cast 25%75%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Baumgardner — Yea
Holland — Yea
Pittman — Yea
Pyle — Yea
Steffen — Yea
Straub — Yea
Ware — Yea
Doll — Nay
Faust-Goudeau — Nay
Kerschen — Nay
Longbine — Nay
McGinn — Nay
O'Shea — Nay
Olson — Nay
Reddi — Nay
Cindy Holscher Democrat Yea
David Haley Democrat Yea
Dinah Sykes Democrat Nay
Ethan Corson Democrat Nay
Marci Francisco Democrat Yea
Pat Pettey Democrat Nay
Beverly Gossage Republican Nay
Brenda Dietrich Republican Nay
Caryn Tyson Republican Nay
Chase Blasi Republican Nay
Elaine Bowers Republican Nay
Joseph Claeys Republican Nay
Kellie Warren Republican Nay
Larry Alley Republican Nay
Michael Fagg Republican Nay
Mike Petersen Republican Nay
Mike Thompson Republican Nay
Renee Erickson Republican Nay
Rick Billinger Republican Nay
Rick Kloos Republican Nay
Rick Wilborn Republican Nay
Ronald Ryckman Republican Nay
Tim Shallenburger Republican Nay
Ty Masterson Republican Nay
Virgil Peck Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Concurred with amendments;

Passed 27 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 17200
Democrat 3201
Unaffiliated 7800
Total 271201
% of votes cast 68%30%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Doll — Yea
Faust-Goudeau — Yea
Kerschen — Yea
Longbine — Yea
McGinn — Yea
O'Shea — Yea
Olson — Yea
Baumgardner — Nay
Holland — Nay
Pittman — Nay
Pyle — Nay
Reddi — Nay
Steffen — Nay
Straub — Nay
Ware — Nay
Cindy Holscher Democrat Nay
David Haley Democrat Nay
Dinah Sykes Democrat Yea
Ethan Corson Democrat Yea
Marci Francisco Democrat Not Voting
Pat Pettey Democrat Yea
Beverly Gossage Republican Yea
Brenda Dietrich Republican Yea
Caryn Tyson Republican Nay
Chase Blasi Republican Yea
Elaine Bowers Republican Yea
Joseph Claeys Republican Yea
Kellie Warren Republican Yea
Larry Alley Republican Yea
Michael Fagg Republican Yea
Mike Petersen Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Renee Erickson Republican Yea
Rick Billinger Republican Yea
Rick Kloos Republican Yea
Rick Wilborn Republican Yea
Ronald Ryckman Republican Yea
Tim Shallenburger Republican Yea
Ty Masterson Republican Yea
Virgil Peck Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed;

Passed 119 Yea · 3 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 26201
Republican 61000
Unaffiliated 32102
Total 119303
% of votes cast 95%2%0%2%
How each member voted (125)
Member Party Vote
Barth — Yea
Boyd — Yea
B. — Yea
W. — Yea
Concannon — Yea
Dodson — Yea
Donohoe — Yea
Eplee — Yea
Garber — Yea
Haswood — Yea
Highberger — Yea
Hougland — Yea
Houser — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Landwehr — Yea
Mason — Yea
Maughan — Yea
D. — Yea
S. — Yea
V. — Yea
Patton — Yea
Penn — Yea
Resman — Yea
Robinson — Yea
L. — Yea
S. — Yea
A. — Yea
E. — Yea
Underhill — Yea
K. — Yea
L. — Yea
Younger — Yea
Probst — Nay
Poetter — Not Voting
C. — Not Voting
Angela Martinez Democrat Yea
Barbara Ballard Democrat Yea
Brandon Woodard Democrat Yea
Cindy Neighbor Democrat Yea
Dan Osman Democrat Yea
Ford Carr Democrat Yea
Heather Meyer Democrat Yea
Henry Helgerson Democrat Yea
Jarrod Ousley Democrat Nay
Jerry Stogsdill Democrat Yea
Jo Ella Hoye Democrat Yea
John Alcala Democrat Yea
John Carmichael Democrat Nay
KC Ohaebosim Democrat Yea
Kirk Haskins Democrat Yea
Linda Featherston Democrat Yea
Lindsay Vaughn Democrat Not Voting
Lynn Melton Democrat Yea
Mari-Lynn Poskin Democrat Yea
Melissa Oropeza Democrat Yea
Mike Amyx Democrat Yea
Pam Curtis Democrat Yea
Rui Xu Democrat Yea
Sydney Carlin Democrat Yea
Tobias Schlingensiepen Democrat Yea
Tom Sawyer Democrat Yea
Tom Sawyer Democrat Yea
Valdenia Winn Democrat Yea
Virgil Weigel Democrat Yea
Adam Thomas Republican Yea
Adam Turk Republican Yea
Avery Anderson Republican Yea
Barb Wasinger Republican Yea
Bill Rhiley Republican Yea
Bill Sutton Republican Yea
Bob Lewis Republican Yea
Brett Fairchild Republican Yea
Brian Bergkamp Republican Yea
Carl Turner Republican Yea
Chris Croft Republican Yea
Clarke Sanders Republican Yea
Cyndi Howerton Republican Yea
Dan Goddard Republican Yea
Daniel Hawkins Republican Yea
David Buehler Republican Yea
Doug Blex Republican Yea
Duane Droge Republican Yea
Emil Bergquist Republican Yea
Francis Awerkamp Republican Yea
Fred Gardner Republican Yea
Gary White Republican Yea
Jason W. Goetz Republican Yea
Jesse Borjon Republican Yea
Jim Minnix Republican Yea
Joe Seiwert Republican Yea
Ken Corbet Republican Yea
Ken Rahjes Republican Yea
Kenneth Collins Republican Yea
Kenny Titus Republican Yea
Kyle Hoffman Republican Yea
Lance W. Neelly Republican Yea
Leah Howell Republican Yea
Leo Delperdang Republican Yea
Lewis "Bill" Bloom Republican Yea
Lisa M. Moser Republican Yea
Mark Schreiber Republican Yea
Michael Murphy Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Nathan Butler Republican Yea
Nick Hoheisel Republican Yea
Pat Proctor Republican Yea
Paul Waggoner Republican Yea
Rebecca Schmoe Republican Yea
Robyn R. Essex Republican Yea
Ron Bryce Republican Yea
Ronald Ellis Republican Yea
Sandy Pickert Republican Yea
Scott Hill Republican Yea
Sean Tarwater Republican Yea
Shannon Francis Republican Yea
Stephen Owens Republican Yea
Steven K. Howe Republican Yea
Susan Estes Republican Yea
Susan Humphries Republican Yea
Timothy Johnson Republican Yea
Tom Kessler Republican Yea
Tory Marie Blew Republican Yea
Troy Waymaster Republican Yea
Webster T. Roth Republican Yea
William Clifford Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Final Action - Passed as amended;

Passed 21 Yea · 19 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 15400
Unaffiliated 6900
Democrat 0600
Total 211900
% of votes cast 53%48%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Baumgardner — Yea
Kerschen — Yea
Olson — Yea
Pyle — Yea
Steffen — Yea
Straub — Yea
Doll — Nay
Faust-Goudeau — Nay
Holland — Nay
Longbine — Nay
McGinn — Nay
O'Shea — Nay
Pittman — Nay
Reddi — Nay
Ware — Nay
Cindy Holscher Democrat Nay
David Haley Democrat Nay
Dinah Sykes Democrat Nay
Ethan Corson Democrat Nay
Marci Francisco Democrat Nay
Pat Pettey Democrat Nay
Beverly Gossage Republican Yea
Brenda Dietrich Republican Nay
Caryn Tyson Republican Yea
Chase Blasi Republican Yea
Elaine Bowers Republican Nay
Joseph Claeys Republican Yea
Kellie Warren Republican Yea
Larry Alley Republican Yea
Michael Fagg Republican Yea
Mike Petersen Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Renee Erickson Republican Yea
Rick Billinger Republican Yea
Rick Kloos Republican Yea
Rick Wilborn Republican Nay
Ronald Ryckman Republican Nay
Tim Shallenburger Republican Yea
Ty Masterson Republican Yea
Virgil Peck Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was adopted

Passed 22 Yea · 16 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16300
Unaffiliated 6702
Democrat 0600
Total 221602
% of votes cast 55%40%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Baumgardner — Yea
Kerschen — Yea
O'Shea — Yea
Olson — Yea
Steffen — Yea
Straub — Yea
Doll — Nay
Faust-Goudeau — Nay
Holland — Nay
Longbine — Nay
McGinn — Nay
Pittman — Nay
Reddi — Nay
Pyle — Not Voting
Ware — Not Voting
Cindy Holscher Democrat Nay
David Haley Democrat Nay
Dinah Sykes Democrat Nay
Ethan Corson Democrat Nay
Marci Francisco Democrat Nay
Pat Pettey Democrat Nay
Beverly Gossage Republican Yea
Brenda Dietrich Republican Nay
Caryn Tyson Republican Yea
Chase Blasi Republican Yea
Elaine Bowers Republican Nay
Joseph Claeys Republican Yea
Kellie Warren Republican Yea
Larry Alley Republican Yea
Michael Fagg Republican Yea
Mike Petersen Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Renee Erickson Republican Yea
Rick Billinger Republican Yea
Rick Kloos Republican Yea
Rick Wilborn Republican Yea
Ronald Ryckman Republican Nay
Tim Shallenburger Republican Yea
Ty Masterson Republican Yea
Virgil Peck Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 208?
SB 208 is sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs and Committee on Elections.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2023. Enacted.
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