Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2438

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/23/26  
Refer
1/26/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  

Caption

Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications.

Impact

The implications of HB 2438 could significantly alter the landscape of how voter registration is conducted in the state. If enacted, it would centralize the approval process for websites allowed to facilitate voter registration, likely leading to a narrower range of options for voters. This may slow down the voter registration process and could create access barriers for those who may prefer or need to use online methods to register to vote.

Summary

House Bill 2438 aims to impose restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications. The bill seeks to ensure that only approved and secure platforms handle voter information, thereby aiming to safeguard the integrity of the voter registration process. By implementing these restrictions, the bill intends to create a more controlled environment for voter registration, limiting the potential for fraud and misinformation during election cycles.

Contention

The bill has sparked notable debate among lawmakers and stakeholders. Proponents argue that it is necessary to protect the electoral process from the risks associated with unregulated online platforms. They contend that by restricting voter registration to vetted websites, the state can enhance security and trust in electoral outcomes. Conversely, critics of the bill raise concerns about its potential to disenfranchise voters. They argue that limiting voter registration options might disproportionately affect marginalized communities and those with less access to technology, ultimately hindering voter participation.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.