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Senate amends and advances bill limiting acceptance of some federal election-related funds
Summary
Senate Bill 5, as amended, restricts government agencies and officials from knowingly accepting or expending certain federal funds for election-related activities except as provided by Congress or the legislature; the Senate adopted a friendly amendment to exempt monies expressly for election security and passed the bill on final action.
Senate Bill 5, a measure intended to prevent executive-branch federal funding from influencing state election administration, was amended on the floor and advanced by the Kansas Senate on Feb. 12.
Senator Thompson (Johnson) explained the bill as barring any governmental agency or elected official from knowingly accepting or expending federal money — directly or indirectly — for election-related activities unless such funding is provided through acts of Congress or through the state…
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