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{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
As Further Amended by House Committee
As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2438
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Waggoner
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AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; imposing
restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration
applications.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) Any person registering to vote in this state using a
website shall only use a website that has the .gov domain as part of such
website's uniform resource locator or has been approved to accept and
transmit electronic voter registration applications by the secretary of state.
County election officials shall not accept any electronic voter registration
application that has been accepted by or transmitted from any website that
does not satisfy the requirements of this section.
(b) A website shall only be approved to accept and transmit electronic
voter registration applications by the secretary of state if such website
provides that:
(1) Uses data security methods, including encryption methods, that
meet industry standards;
(2) uses electronic communication methods to verify that voter
registration applications transmitted by such website are received by the
appropriate county election office; and
(3) does not sell, share, store or otherwise transmit any information
provided by the voter registration applicant except to the appropriate
county election office.All registrant data transmitted through an online
voter registration system shall be protected using encryption in
transit;
(2) encryption protocols shall comply with applicable national
institute of standards and technology (NIST) standards;
(3) registrant data shall be transmitted directly to systems owned,
operated or contractually controlled by the applicable county election
officer;
(4) online voter registration systems shall authenticate
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connections to ensure that registrant data is transmitted only to
authorized government endpoints , {which shall be provided by the
secretary of state};
(5) the system shall provide confirmation to the registrant that
the submission has been successfully received by the applicable county
election officer;
(6) audit logs shall be maintained documenting submission
receipt, system access and data transmission integrity;
(7) registrant data collected through an online voter registration
system shall be used solely for voter registration and election
administration purposes as authorized by law;
(8) registrant data shall not be sold, licensed, rented, transferred
or used for commercial or nonelection-related purposes; and
(9) registrant data shall not be disclosed to any third party
except:
(A) As required by state or federal law;
(B) to another county election officer or the secretary of state for
official election administration purposes; or
(C) to a contractor acting exclusively on behalf of the county
election officer and bound by written agreements requiring
compliance with this regulation and applicable NIST standards.
(c) (1) It shall be a violation of this section to register to vote
through a website that is not compliant with subsection (a) or (b) for
any person or group to operate a voter registration website that is not
in compliance with this section.
(2) Violations of this section shall be a class A nonperson
misdemeanor.
On or before January 1, 2027, (d) The secretary of state shall adopt
rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
publication in the Kansas register of the rules and regulations adopted
by the secretary of state to implement this section and its publication in
the statute book.
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