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SB4 • 2026

Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

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Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-03-25
Official status
Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 84, Nay 41
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m.
  • on the day of the election.

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. 2025-03-25 House

    Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 84, Nay 41

  2. 2025-03-25 Senate

    Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 30, Nay 10

  3. 2025-03-24 Senate

    Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Monday, March 24, 2025

  4. 2025-03-14 Senate

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 14, 2025

  5. 2025-03-06 Senate

    Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 30, Nay 10

  6. 2025-03-03 House

    Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Pat Proctor , Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins appointed as conferees

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Thompson , Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 80, Nay 39, Absent 6

  9. 2025-02-27 House

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —

  10. 2025-02-27 House

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

Official Summary Text

Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL No. 4
AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring the return of
such ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election; amending K.S.A. 25-1132 and
repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. On and after January 1, 2026, K.S.A. 25-1132 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 25-1132. (a) All advance voting ballots
that are received in the office of the county election officer or any
polling place within the county not later than the hour for closing of the
polls on the date of any election specified in K.S.A. 25-1122(f), and
amendments thereto, shall be delivered by the county election officer to
the appropriate special election board provided for in K.S.A. 25-1133,
and amendments thereto.
(b) Subject to the deadline for receipt by the office of the county
election officer as set forth in this subsection, all advance voting ballots
received by mail by the office of the county election officer after the
closing of the polls on the date of any election specified in K.S.A. 25-
1122(f), and amendments thereto, and which are postmarked or are
otherwise indicated by the United States postal service to have been
mailed on or before the close of the polls on the date of the election,
shall be delivered by the county election officer to a special election
board or the county board of canvassers, as determined by the secretary
of state, for canvassing in a manner consistent, as nearly as may be,
with other advance voting ballots. The deadline for the receipt by mail
of the advance voting ballots by the office of the county election officer
shall be the last delivery of mail by the United States postal service
7:00 p.m. on the third day following the date of the election.
(c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and regulations to
implement this subsection section.
Sec. 2. On and after January 1, 2026, K.S.A. 25-1132 is hereby
repealed.
SENATE BILL No. 4—page 2
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
SENATE, and passed that body
__________________________
SENATE concurred in
HOUSE amendments _______________________
_________________________
President of the Senate.
_________________________
Secretary of the Senate.

Passed the HOUSE
as amended _________________________
_________________________
Speaker of the House.
_________________________
Chief Clerk of the House.
APPROVED _____________________________
_________________________
Governor.