As Amended by House Committee
{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2054
By Committee on Elections
Requested by Representative Waggoner
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AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign contribution limits;
increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions; eliminating
such limits on contributions to party committees; amending K.S.A. 25-
4153 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 25-4153 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
4153. (a) The aggregate amount contributed to a candidate and such
candidate's candidate committee and to all party committees and political
committees and dedicated to such candidate's campaign, by any political
committee or any person except a party committee, the candidate or the
candidate's spouse, shall not exceed the following:
(1) For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor or for
other state officers elected from the state as a whole, $2,000 $4,000 for
each primary election (, or in lieu thereof, a caucus or convention of a
political party), and an equal amount for each general election.
(2) For the office of member of the house of representatives, district
judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney or a candidate for local
office, $500 $1,000 for each primary election (, or in lieu thereof, a caucus
or convention of a political party), and an equal amount for each general
election.
(3) For the office of state senator or member of the state board of
education, $1,000 $2,000 for each primary election (, or in lieu thereof, a
caucus or convention of a political party), and an equal amount for each
general election.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the face value of a loan at the end
of the period of time allocable to the primary or general election is the
amount subject to the limitations of this section. A loan in excess of the
limits herein provided may be made during the allocable period if such
loan is reduced to the permissible level, when combined with all other
contributions from the person making such loan, at the end of such
allocable period.
(c) For the purposes of this section, all contributions made by
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unemancipated children under 18 years of age shall be considered to be
contributions made by the parent or parents of such children. The total
amount of such contribution shall be attributed to a single custodial parent
and 50% of such contribution to each of two parents.
(d) The aggregate amount contributed to a state party committee by a
person other than a national party committee or a political committee shall
not exceed $15,000 in each calendar year; and the aggregate amount
contributed to any other party committee by a person other than a national
party committee or a political committee shall not exceed $5,000 in each
calendar year.
The aggregate amount contributed by a national party committee to a
state party committee shall not exceed $25,000 in any calendar year, and
the aggregate amount contributed to any other party committee by a
national party committee shall not exceed $10,000 in any calendar year.
The aggregate amount contributed to a party committee by a political
committee shall not exceed $5,000 in any calendar year.
(e) Any political funds which that have been collected and were not
subject to the reporting requirements of this act shall be deemed a person
subject to these contribution limitations.
(f)(e) Any political funds which that have been collected and were
subject to the reporting requirements of the campaign finance act shall not
be used in or for the campaign of a candidate for a federal elective office.
(g)(f) The amount contributed by each individual party committee of
the same political party other than a national party committee to any
candidate for office, for any primary election at which two or more
candidates are seeking the nomination of such party shall not exceed the
following:
(1) For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor and for
each of the other state officers elected from the state as a whole, $2,000
$4,000 for each primary election (, or in lieu thereof, a caucus or
convention of a political party){, or general election}.
(2) For the office of member of the house of representatives, district
judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney or a candidate for local
office, $500 $1,000 for each primary election (, or in lieu thereof, a caucus
or convention of a political party){, or general election}.
(3) For the office of state senator or member of the state board of
education, $1,000 $2,000 for each primary election (, or in lieu thereof, a
caucus or convention of a political party){, or general election}For the
purposes of this section, only the payment or other transfer of moneys
by a party committee directly to a candidate or a candidate's
candidate committee shall constitute a contribution. No other
expenditures directly made by a party committee in support of a
candidate, with or without such candidate's cooperation or consent,
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shall constitute a contribution for purposes of the contribution limits
set forth in subsection (a).
(g) (1) If a candidate or a candidate's candidate committee
receives contributions prior to the date of the primary election and
such contributions are designated for use in connection with the
general election, such candidate or such committee shall use an
acceptable accounting method to distinguish between contributions
received for the primary election and contributions received for the
general election. Acceptable accounting methods include, but are not
limited to:
(A) The designation of separate accounts for each election; or
(B) the establishment of separate books and records for each
election.
(2) Under any acceptable accounting method, the authorized
records of a candidate or candidate committee shall demonstrate that,
prior to the primary election, the recorded amount of cash on hand
was at all times equal to or in excess of an amount equal to the sum of
the contributions received and designated for use in connection with
the general election less the sum of disbursements made for the
general election.
(h)(g)(h) When a candidate for a specific cycle does not run for
office, the contribution limitations of this section shall apply as though the
individual had sought office.
(i)(h)(i) No person shall make any contribution or contributions to
any candidate or the candidate committee of any candidate in the form of
money or currency of the United States which that in the aggregate
exceeds $100 $200 for any one primary or general election, and. No
candidate or candidate committee of any candidate shall accept any
contribution or contributions in the form of money or currency of the
United States which that in the aggregate exceeds $100 $200 from any one
person for any one primary or general election.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 25-4153 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book Kansas register.
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