---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: campaign finance report deadlines and penalties; publication of election results; political advertising attribution requirements and exception for social media."
description: "Elections: campaign finance report deadlines and penalties; publication of election results; political advertising attribution requirements and exception for social media."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2642"
citation: "Kansas HB 2642 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Esau"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed292f45-07fc-4202-9bd0-bb4de59e359b"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2642"
source_hash: "bedafe6298c7ec7451f4519f58c7b5d5672ea1af4080863046f020a1b6adfb84"
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 2642 (2017-2018) — Elections: campaign finance report deadlines and penalties; publication of election results; political advertising attribution requirements and exception for social media.

## 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/hb2642_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2642_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2642_03_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2642_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2642_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **114–3** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Esau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2018-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Williams was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Engrossed on Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing: Tuesday, March 20, 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 - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; `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
- **2018-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Reengrossed on Tuesday, May 1, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 04, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 10, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed292f45-07fc-4202-9bd0-bb4de59e359b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).