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HB2143 • 2026

Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.

Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.

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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Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.

Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in Committee

  2. 2025-01-29 House

    Referred to House Committee on Elections

  3. 2025-01-29 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2143
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Waggoner
1-29
AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; requiring the
secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies
for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the
citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. The secretary of state shall enter into agreements with one
or more credit rating agencies for the release of information held by such
credit rating agency concerning residents of this state. Such information
shall include, but is not limited to, names, addresses, phone numbers,
social security numbers, dates of birth and alien registration numbers. The
secretary shall use such information to verify the United States citizenship
of persons who are registered to vote in this state. The secretary shall
notify the appropriate county election officer of the names of any
noncitizens who are registered to vote and direct such county election
officer to remove such person from the voter registration rolls. The county
election officer shall notify any person who is removed from the voter
registration rolls that such person may be reinstated on the voter
registration rolls by providing proof of such person's United States
citizenship.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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