Kansas House Committee on Elections requests introduction of multiple election measures and hears KLRD briefing on campaign finance transparency

TOPEKA — The Kansas House Committee on Elections on Tuesday requested introduction of a slate of election-related bills and received a Legislative Research briefing summarizing recommendations from a 2025 special committee on campaign contributions and transparency.

One bill presented to the committee, RS 26 32, would extend the period for mailing advanced ballots from 20 days to 22 days, set the deadline to file an application for an advanced ballot at 12 days before the election, and end the time for voter registration 25 days before election day. The committee record shows the bill was introduced and that members raised no objections to requesting introduction; the transcript records the sponsor saying, “We have currently have 20 days and it'll be 22 days.” (The speaker who read the bill is not identified by name in the transcript.)

Legislative Research analyst Jillian Kinkade briefed members on the report of the 2025 special committee on campaign contributions and transparency, which the committee had convened to study campaign contribution verifiability and related issues. “The report of the 2025 special committee on campaign contributions and transparency to the 2026 Kansas Legislature should have just hit all of your inboxes,” Kinkade told members, noting the report will be available at klrd.gov.

Kinkade…