Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas SB314: Prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for or against proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas and ballot questions submitted to qualified electors
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning elections; relating to the use of public assets for campaign finance; prohibiting the use of such assets to advocate for or against state constitutional amendments and any other ballot question submitted to qualified electors; amending K.S.A. 25-4169a and repealing the existing section.
From the introduced text, January 12, 2026:
AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the use of public assets for campaign finance; prohibiting the use of such assets to advocate for or against state constitutional amendments and any other ballot question submitted to qualified electors; amending K.S.A. 25-4169a and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. K.S.A. 25-4169a is hereby amended to read as follows: 254169a. (a) (1) No officer or employee of the state of Kansas, or any municipality, shall use or authorize the use of public funds or public vehicles, machinery, equipment or supplies of any such governmental agency or the time of any officer or employee of any such governmental agency, for which the officer or employee is compensated by such governmental agency, to expressly advocate the nomination, election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate to state office or local office, to promote or oppose the adoption or repeal of any provisions of the constitution of the state of Kansas or to promote or oppose any ballot question submitted to the qualified electors of this state or any political subdivision thereof. (b) The provisions of this section prohibiting the use of time of any officer or employee for such purposes shall not apply to an incumbent officer campaigning for nomination or reelection to a …
Sponsors
- Doug Shane, Doug (I) · primary sponsor
- Mike Thompson, Mike (I)
Latest actions
- : Died in Committee
- : Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- : Introduced
Subjects: Public Moneys, Elections, Public Officers and Employees
Common questions
- What is SB314?
- SB314 is a bill in the Kansas Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for or against proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas and ballot questions submitted to qualified electors.
- What does SB314 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning elections; relating to the use of public assets for campaign finance; prohibiting the use of such assets to advocate for or against state constitutional amendments and any other ballot question submitted to qualified electors; amending K.S.A. 25-4169a and repealing the existing section.
- What is the status of SB314?
- In committee as of April 10, 2026. Latest action: Died in Committee (April 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB314?
- Doug Shane, Doug (I), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB314?
- On the Kansas Legislature website: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb314/
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