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HB2450 • 2026

Providing exceptions to the automatic termination of candidate campaign accounts.

Providing exceptions to the automatic termination of candidate campaign accounts.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how leftover funds should be used or disposed of, nor does it specify what happens if an account has less than $1,000 and no debt.

Exceptions to Ending Campaign Accounts

This bill changes when a candidate's campaign account can end, allowing accounts with at least $1,000 or more in debt to stay open.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the rules for ending a candidate’s campaign account if it holds at least $1,000 or has liabilities of at least $1,000.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Candidates running for state or local offices in Kansas.
  • Campaign treasurers managing candidate accounts.

Terms To Know

campaign account
A special bank account used to collect and spend money during a political campaign.
liabilities
Money that the campaign owes, like bills or loans.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if an account has less than $1,000 and no debt.
  • The exact date this bill will take effect is not clear from the provided information.
  • It does not explain how leftover money should be used or disposed of.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 House

    Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

  2. 2026-02-12 House

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections

  3. 2026-02-05 House

    Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N event

  4. 2026-01-15 House

    Referred to House Committee on Elections

  5. 2026-01-15 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Providing exceptions to the automatic termination of candidate campaign accounts.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2450
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Waggoner
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AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign finance; specifying
the allocation of contributions between primary and general
elections; providing exceptions to the automatic termination of
candidate campaign accounts if the account holds at least a minimum
amount of money or has at least a minimum amount of debt liability;
amending K.S.A. 25-4149 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-4190 and
repealing the existing section sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 25-4149 is hereby amended to read as follows:
25-4149. (a) All contributions and other receipts received and
expenditures made from and including the January 1 following one
general election date until and including the next ensuing primary
election date shall be allocated to the primary election on such date ,
except as provided in K.S.A. 25-4153, and amendments thereto. All
contributions and other receipts received and expenditures made from
midnight 12:00 a.m. on the date of a primary election through and
including the December 31 following the date of the next ensuing
general election shall be allocated to the general election on such date.
(b) For the purposes of allocating, pursuant to subsection (a),
contributions to or expenditures by a candidate seeking nomination by
convention or caucus or such candidate's candidate committee, the
date of such convention or caucus shall be considered the primary
election date.
Section 1. Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-4190 is hereby amended to
read as follows: 25-4190. (a) If any person elected to state or local office
decides not to be a candidate for such office at the next election or is
defeated as a candidate for such office, whether in a primary election or a
general election, then any candidate campaign account for such person for
such office shall be terminated on or before the date that is 90 days after
the date of the second subsequent general election for such office in which
such person is not elected. The treasurer for any such candidate campaign
account shall dispose of any residual funds as required under K.S.A. 25-
4157a, and amendments thereto, and file the required termination report
pursuant to K.S.A. 25-4157, and amendments thereto.
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(b) This section shall not apply to any campaign account that holds
more than $1,000 or has liabilities that in the aggregate equal more than
$1,000.
Sec. 2. 3. K.S.A. 25-4149 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-4190 is are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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