---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2053 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for a presidential preference primary election on March 19, 2024, and establishing voter registration and voting procedures for such election."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2053 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for a presidential preference primary election on March 19, 2024, and establishing voter registration and voting procedures for such election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2053"
citation: "Kansas HB 2053 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/547a4773-505d-43e7-b726-d9349bdd8cb5"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2053/"
source_hash: "294e6f8148d0ce43b3666cb432117e6d5f28e67677d311d91d72deb405ec5cec"
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 2053 (2023-2024) — Senate Substitute for HB 2053 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for a presidential preference primary election on March 19, 2024, and establishing voter registration and voting procedures for such 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.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2053_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2053_enrolled.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2053_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2053_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to concur with amendments failed; — **56–64** (fail) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **109–12** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments; — **86–32** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **28–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections — primary (organization)
- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Howell `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Howell was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 109 Nay: 12 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Engrossed on Friday, February 24, 2023
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-03-24** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Tyson `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 28 Nay: 12 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Motion to concur with amendments failed; Yea: 56 Nay: 64
- **2023-04-04** Motion to Reconsider Adopted
- **2023-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 86 Nay: 32
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/547a4773-505d-43e7-b726-d9349bdd8cb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).