Kansas HCR 5007: Proposing a constitutional amendment imposing term limits for state legislators.

Bill Text

Session of 2025
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5007
By Representative Sawyer Clayton
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A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of
the state of Kansas; lowering the minimum age for qualified electors
to vote in elections in this state from 18 to 16 years.

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of
Representatives and two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed)
and qualified to the Senate concurring therein:
Section 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of
the state of Kansas shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state
for their approval or rejection: Section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of
the state of Kansas is hereby amended to read as follows:
"§ 1. Qualifications of electors. Every citizen of the United
States who has attained the age of eighteen 16 years and who
resides in the voting area in which he or she such person seeks to
vote shall be deemed a qualified elector. Laws of this state relating
to voting for presidential electors and candidates for the office of
president and vice-president of the United States shall comply with
the laws of the United States relating thereto. A citizen of the
United States, who is otherwise qualified to vote in Kansas for
presidential electors and candidates for the offices of president and
vice-president of the United States may vote for such officers
either in person or by absentee ballot notwithstanding the fact that
such person may have become a nonresident of this state if his or
her such person's removal from this state occurs during a period in
accordance with federal law next preceding such election. A person
who is otherwise a qualified elector may vote in the voting area of
his or her such person's former residence either in person or by
absentee ballot notwithstanding the fact that such person may have
become a nonresident of such voting area during a period
prescribed by law next preceding the election at which he or she
such person seeks to vote, if his such person's new residence is in
another voting area in the state of Kansas."
Sec. 2. The following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
the amendment as a whole:
"Explanatory statement. This amendment would lower the
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minimum age to be qualified to vote in elections in this state
from 18 to 16 years.
"A vote for this proposition would lower the minimum age to be
qualified to vote in elections in this state from 18 to 16
years.
"A vote against this proposition would make no change to the
minimum age to be qualified to vote in elections in this state,
which is 18 years."
Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of the members
elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Representatives and
two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
Senate, shall be entered on the journals, together with the yeas and nays.
The secretary of state shall cause this resolution to be published as
provided by law and shall cause the proposed amendment to be submitted
to the electors of the state at the general election in November in the year
2026, unless a special election is called at a sooner date by concurrent
resolution of the legislature, in which case the proposed amendment shall
be submitted to the electors of the state at the special election.
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