---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending statutes concerning election officials, election crimes and election procedures."
description: "Amending statutes concerning election officials, election crimes and election procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "Kansas SB 221 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/588ce8aa-0aca-4502-82a5-be1bde7d2cdf"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb221/"
source_hash: "c513bb0b795bb551156690e18bbd222e5daab62cd00fccbed95ad8ae7af3027a"
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 SB 221 (2023-2024) — Amending statutes concerning election officials, election crimes and election procedures.

## 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/sb221_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb221_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb221_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb221_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **119–5** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **29–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 29 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Proctor, Representative Waggoner and Representative Woodard appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 30 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 24, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/588ce8aa-0aca-4502-82a5-be1bde7d2cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).