Requiring state agencies to make quarterly reports to the secretary of state with the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public benefits.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify the exact consequences for non-compliance by state agencies.

Quarterly Reports for Noncitizens Receiving Public Benefits

This law requires state agencies to send a list of noncitizens who get public help, including their names and addresses, to the secretary of state every three months.

What This Bill Does

• Requires state agencies to report information about noncitizens receiving public benefits to the secretary of state.
• Includes details such as name, address, date of birth, alien registration number, last four digits of social security number, and driver's license or ID card number in reports.
• Reports must be sent every three months.

Who It Names or Affects

• State agencies that provide public benefits to noncitizens
• Noncitizens receiving public benefits

Terms To Know

Public-funded benefits

Money or services given by the government to help people.

Quarterly reports

Reports sent every three months.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if agencies do not follow this requirement.
• It is unclear how the information will be used after it is reported to the secretary of state.

Official Summary Text

Requiring state agencies to make quarterly reports to the secretary of state with the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public benefits.

Current Bill Text

As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2491
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Proctor
1-21
AN ACT concerning state agencies; requiring quarterly reports to the
secretary of state of the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving
public-funded benefits.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. Every state agency as defined in K.S.A. 75-3701, and
amendments thereto, that provides public funds, scholarships or other
public-funded benefits to noncitizens is designated as a voter
registration agency pursuant to the national voter registration act of
1993, 52 U.S.C. § 20506, and provides public assistance benefits shall
report the name and address first and last name, the middle name or
initial, if any, residence address, date of birth, alien registration
number, last four digits of the social security number, if any, and
driver's license number or nondriver's identification card number, if
any, of each noncitizen recipient of such public assistance benefits on a
quarterly basis to the secretary of state.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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