---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections."
description: "Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Kansas SB 6 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/712575bb-a838-4229-8233-5e6eb9d50066"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB6/"
source_hash: "433aafd4c0a11ebededb975a9d8ff280cb7ab472fb0fff08ef8c37aaef498b59"
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 6 (2025-2026) — Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections.

## 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_6/sb6_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_6/sb6_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_6/sb6_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
- **2025-03-17** Concurred with amendments; Yea 30, Nay 10
- **2025-03-13** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 86, Nay 37, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to House Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Final Action - Passed; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/712575bb-a838-4229-8233-5e6eb9d50066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).