Legislation

Requiring citizenship status be listed on driver's licenses.

Requiring a person transmitting or delivering a ballot on behalf of another voter to include such person's driver's license number in the written statement on the ballot envelope.

Amending article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require voters to present photographic identification at the time of voting.

Providing for increased placement of juvenile offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities, requiring the Secretary of Corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements and authorizing the secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds in youth residential facilities.

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

Authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records. This bill aims to purge voters who have not voted in a very recent election, even if they are eligible to vote, and would rely on flawed data, weaken transparency, and undermine due process for Kansas voters. All of that translates into making it harder for eligible people to vote.

Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.

On December 15th, 2025, the ACLU of Kansas gave testimony in support of the language access Resolution 25-12, which calls for collaboration between the Secretary of State and the Johnson County Election Commissioner to translate election-related materials into Spanish. After passing the Prairie Village Diversity Council twice, the resolution was approved by the Prairie Village City Council, 10-2.

On November 20, 2025, the ACLU of Kansas submitted written testimony support of the subsection titled “Fair and Transparent Civic Processes” on the proposed 2026 Legislative Platform, specifically the inclusion of “expanded language access” and encouraged the Board of County Commissioners to mention specific steps that can be taken to give this phrase meaning. Supporting the expansion of language access is about making it easier for eligible citizens to fulfill their patriotic duty and fully participate in our elections. It is important to define what it looks like in practice to provide additional voting materials in Spanish: translated registration forms and instructions, polling place information, materials about Johnson County elections and the right to receive language assistance at the polls, or even ballots and sample ballots.