---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: qualifications for certain state offices; advanced ballot signature exceptions for certain disabled voters, associated affidavit requirements and perjury liability; audits of election results."
description: "Elections: qualifications for certain state offices; advanced ballot signature exceptions for certain disabled voters, associated affidavit requirements and perjury liability; audits of election results."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2539"
citation: "Kansas HB 2539 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Carpenter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b3a429b-3cb0-4382-bedf-e55a1f609464"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2539"
source_hash: "d00e952113de5acd6f8c8e6471349f08b743322cd6918e42848865ed5af7ce99"
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 2539 (2017-2018) — Elections: qualifications for certain state offices; advanced ballot signature exceptions for certain disabled voters, associated affidavit requirements and perjury liability; audits of election results.

## 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/hb2539_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2539_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2539_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2539_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **70–52** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **29–9** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **94–28** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected — **34–82** (fail) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **32–4** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected — **19–20** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Carpenter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Committee Report without recommendation by Committee on Elections `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carpenter `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carpenter was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whitmer `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Whitmer was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Williams was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected Yea: 34 Nay: 82 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Lusker `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Lusker was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 94 Nay: 28 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2018-03-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hardy `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hardy was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected Yea: 19 Nay: 20 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 29 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Bowers, Senator Fitzgerald and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-26** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Bowers, Senator Fitzgerald and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as second conferees
- **2018-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-27** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Esau, Representative Carpenter and Representative Miller appointed as second conferees
- **2018-05-01** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 32 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 70 Nay: 52 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Reengrossed on Wednesday, May 2, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 18, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b3a429b-3cb0-4382-bedf-e55a1f609464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).