---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring special elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March or on the same day as a primary or general election."
description: "Requiring special elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March or on the same day as a primary or general election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2022"
citation: "Kansas HB 2022 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6c18094-8bc1-470e-8fc3-dae9a891ea85"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2022/"
source_hash: "917e2bd9bc4117e08a2b77d3767f0ac5d38e2fa67bdb4c317b3b673657316da2"
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 2022 (2025-2026) — Requiring special elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March or on the same day as a primary or general election.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2022/hb2022_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2022/hb2022_01_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2022/hb2022_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2022/hb2022_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Engrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 11
- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-20** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-20** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins
- **2025-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 24, Nay 16 `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Referred to House Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6c18094-8bc1-470e-8fc3-dae9a891ea85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).