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HB2019 • 2026

Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.

Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.

Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in Committee

  2. 2025-01-16 House

    Referred to House Committee on Elections

  3. 2025-01-16 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2019
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Waggoner
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AN ACT concerning county elections; authorizing the board of county
commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected
office when no candidate runs for such office.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) The board of county commissioners shall appoint a
qualified person to assume a county-elected office that has become vacant
because of not having a candidate stand for election at the most recent
general election.
(b) As used in this section, "county-elected office" means a position
occupied by a member of the board of county commissioners, the county
attorney, sheriff, clerk, treasurer or register of deeds.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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