---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election law; write-in candidates; advance voting, including by mail; notice of change in voting place; information for campaign officer and political committee reports; filing locations for contribution reports preceding an election."
description: "Election law; write-in candidates; advance voting, including by mail; notice of change in voting place; information for campaign officer and political committee reports; filing locations for contribution reports preceding an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2158"
citation: "Kansas HB 2158 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Miller"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f422e78-5940-4d7b-adb3-4d6910d91789"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2158"
source_hash: "85758a532636baa39844c1a3db836ccc91fb41b3b0dd8c35f34ada4d32eb1473"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2158 (2017-2018) — Election law; write-in candidates; advance voting, including by mail; notice of change in voting place; information for campaign officer and political committee reports; filing locations for contribution reports preceding an election.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2158_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2158_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2158_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2158_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2158_02_0000.pdf)
6. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2158_04_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** Introduced
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Wednesday, February 08, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2017-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Parker `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Parker was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Engrossed on Monday, February 20, 2017
- **2017-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Faust-Goudeau `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Faust-Goudeau was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Bowers, Senator Fitzgerald and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Reengrossed on Friday, April 7, 2017
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f422e78-5940-4d7b-adb3-4d6910d91789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).