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HB 2057 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Requiring the governor to appointment persons to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and the commissioner of insurance from a list of names approved by the legislature.

HB 2057 would change how Kansas fills vacancies in three state offices: U.S. Senator, state treasurer, and commissioner of insurance. It requires the governor to appoint a person from a list of three candidates approved by the legislature, with the appointee needing to be a Kansas resident and from the same political party as the previous officeholder for each position. The bill establishes a 14-member joint committee of legislators to review nominations, hold public hearings, and recommend five candidates to the legislature, which then selects three for the governor to appoint. This process replaces the current method of gubernatorial appointment without legislative input.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Apr 10, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Amended by House Committee on Elections · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify the residency and party registration requirements for appointing a state treasurer or insurance commissioner to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy. The changes ensure that appointees must have been registered with the same political party as the outgoing senator for the two immediately preceding 10-year election cycles, rather than just the previous decade. Additionally, the amendment adds a requirement for the secretary of state to certify the appointment to the U.S. Senate before the appointee can take office.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding eligibility criteria for appointees was refined to align with the specific election cycle of the outgoing senator, and a new certification step was added to the appointment process.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed the party registration requirement from 'the immediately preceding 10 years' to 'the two immediately preceding 10 general elections held in even-numbered years' to better match the senator's election history.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement that the secretary of state must certify the appointment to the United States Senate before the appointee can take office.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
8
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
Withdrawn from House Committee on Elections and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Elections
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Withdrawn from House Committee on Calendar and Printing and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Calendar and Printing
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Elections
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Elections
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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