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type: "Bill"
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title: "Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; requiring that poll workers be citizens of the United States and live within the state of Kansas; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents who are citizens of the United States as poll workers on the basis of residency or being a registered voter; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit advance voting applications."
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description: "Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; requiring that poll workers be citizens of the United States and live within the state of Kansas; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents who are citizens of the United States as poll workers on the basis of residency or being a registered voter; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit advance voting applications."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 2016"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2016 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HB 2018", "SB 231"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04e57074-338b-4193-9968-01466860135d"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2016/"
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source_hash: "dd1f557dbce0901f76e421036e1f85812a6a62f12f16157479c8cc3d297f0a6e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas HB 2016 (2025-2026) — Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; requiring that poll workers be citizens of the United States and live within the state of Kansas; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents who are citizens of the United States as poll workers on the basis of residency or being a registered voter; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit advance voting applications.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2016/hb2016_00_0000.pdf)
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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_2016/hb2016_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2016/hb2016_enrolled.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Elections — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
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- **2025-04-10** Engrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025
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- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 97, Nay 26, Absent 2
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- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
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- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
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- **2025-03-25** Conference committee report now available
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- **2025-03-20** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
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- **2025-03-20** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins
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- **2025-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-20** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 106, Nay 13, Absent 6 `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-16** Referred to House Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04e57074-338b-4193-9968-01466860135d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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