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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections."
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description: "Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections."
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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: "SB 6"
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citation: "Kansas SB 6 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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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: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/712575bb-a838-4229-8233-5e6eb9d50066"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB6/"
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source_hash: "433aafd4c0a11ebededb975a9d8ff280cb7ab472fb0fff08ef8c37aaef498b59"
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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 SB 6 (2025-2026) — Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections.
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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/sb_6/sb6_00_0000.pdf)
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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)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_6/sb6_enrolled.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — 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 Wednesday, March 26, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
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- **2025-03-17** Concurred with amendments; Yea 30, Nay 10
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- **2025-03-13** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 86, Nay 37, Absent 2 `passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
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- **2025-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to House Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2025-02-05** Final Action - Passed; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 `passage`
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- **2025-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-15** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** 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/712575bb-a838-4229-8233-5e6eb9d50066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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