---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Subsitute for SB 260 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of candidacy from national, state and local offices; relating to the election of the board of directors of certain irrigation districts; specifying when such elections may be conducted by the mail ballot election law; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; removing the requirements that treasurers be listed in political advertising attributions; clarifying campaign finance reports regarding vendor information."
description: "House Subsitute for SB 260 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of candidacy from national, state and local offices; relating to the election of the board of directors of certain irrigation districts; specifying when such elections may be conducted by the mail ballot election law; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; removing the requirements that treasurers be listed in political advertising attributions; clarifying campaign finance reports regarding vendor information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 260"
citation: "Kansas SB 260 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funds", "Gambling and Gaming", "HB 2446", "Named Acts", "SB 392", "SB 451", "SB 65", "State Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea49626-6777-48fe-8ab4-c55714044099"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB260/"
source_hash: "0aa5301c0b235a5104c47ef1a0d68fd9ea28fdb0ffeee4bc78aa2be1e7fe1652"
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 260 (2025-2026) — House Subsitute for SB 260 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of candidacy from national, state and local offices; relating to the election of the board of directors of certain irrigation districts; specifying when such elections may be conducted by the mail ballot election law; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; removing the requirements that treasurers be listed in political advertising attributions; clarifying campaign finance reports regarding vendor information.

## 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/sb_260/sb260_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/sb_260/sb260_01_0000.pdf)
3. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_260/sb260_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_260/sb260_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 1
- **2026-03-25** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 98, Nay 27
- **2026-03-25** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-23** Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner, and Rep. Kirk Haskins are appointed to replace Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe, and Rep. Heather Meyer on the Conference Committee
- **2026-03-23** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
- **2026-03-18** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 110, Nay 14, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 36, Nay 4 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ea49626-6777-48fe-8ab4-c55714044099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).