List of Kansas state legislatures
The legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas has convened many times since statehood became effective on January 29, 1861. It continues to operate under the amended 1859 Constitution of Kansas.[1] As of 2024[update], the Kansas Legislature has been called to special session 26 times by the state's governors.[2]
List of legislatures and sessions
[edit]| Ordinal | Legislature | Session type |
Convened | Adjourned | House journal |
Senate journal[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial legislatures | ||||||
| 1st | 1855 Kansas Territorial Legislature | regular | July 2, 1855 | August 30, 1855 | [1] | [2] |
| 2nd | 1857 Kansas Territorial Legislature | regular | January 12, 1857 | February 20, 1857 | [3] | [4] |
| special | December 7, 1857 | December 17, 1857 | [5] | [6] | ||
| 3rd | 1858 Kansas Territorial Legislature | regular | January 4, 1858 | February 13, 1858 | [7] | [8] |
| 4th | 1859 Kansas Territorial Legislature | regular | January 3, 1859 | February 11, 1859 | [?] | [9] |
| 5th | 1860 Kansas Territorial Legislature | regular | January 2, 1860 | January 18, 1860 | [10] | [?] |
| special | January 19, 1860 | February 27, 1860 | [11] | [?] | ||
| 6th | 1861 Kansas Territorial Legislature | regular | January 7, 1861 | February 2, 1861 | [?] | [12] |
| State legislatures | ||||||
| 1st (1st annual) | 1861 Kansas Legislature | regular | March 26, 1861 | June 4, 1861 | [13] | [14] |
| 2nd (2nd annual) | 1862 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1862 | March 6, 1862 | [15] | [16] |
| 3rd (3rd annual) | 1863 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1863 | March 3, 1863 | [17] | [18] |
| 4th (4th annual) | 1864 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1864 | March 1, 1864 | [19] | [20] |
| 5th (5th annual) | 1865 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1865 | March 3, 1865 | [21] | [22] |
| 6th (6th annual) | 1866 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1866 | February 27, 1866 | [23] | [24] |
| 7th (7th annual) | 1867 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1867 | February 26, 1867 | [25] | [26] |
| 8th (8th annual) | 1868 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1868 | March 3, 1868 | [27] | [28] |
| 9th (9th annual) | 1869 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1869 | March 4, 1869 | [?] | [29] |
| 10th (10th annual) | 1870 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1870 | March 3, 1870 | [30] | [31] |
| 11th (11th annual) | 1871 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1871 | March 3, 1871 | [32] | [33] |
| 12th (12th annual) | 1872 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1872 | March 2, 1872 | [34] | [35] |
| 13th (13th annual) | 1873 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1873 | March 7, 1873 | [36] | [37] |
| 14th (14th annual) | 1874 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1874 | March 10, 1874 | [38] | [39] |
| special | September 15, 1874 | September 22, 1874 | [40] | [41] | ||
| 15th (15th annual) | 1875 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1875 | March 8, 1875 | [42] | [43] |
| 16th (16th annual) | 1876 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1876 | March 4, 1876 | [44] | [45] |
| 17th (17th annual) | 1877 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1877 | March 7, 1877 | [46] | [47] |
| 18th (1st biennial) | 1879 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1879 | March 12, 1879 | [48] | [49] |
| 19th (2nd biennial) | 1881 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1881 | March 5, 1881 | [50] | [51] |
| 20th (3rd biennial) | 1883–1884 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1883 | March 8, 1883 | [52] | [53] |
| special | March 18, 1884 | March 24, 1884 | [54] | [55] | ||
| 21st (4th biennial) | 1885–1886 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1885 | March 7, 1885 | [56] | [57] |
| special | January 19, 1886 | February 20, 1886 | [58] | [59] | ||
| 22nd (5th biennial) | 1887 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1887 | March 5, 1887 | [60] | [61] |
| 23rd (6th biennial) | 1889 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1889 | March 4, 1889 | [62] | [63] |
| 24th (7th biennial) | 1891 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1891 | March 13, 1891 | [64] | [65] |
| 25th (8th biennial) | 1893 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1893 | March 11, 1893[b] | [66] | [67] |
| 26th (9th biennial) | 1895 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1895 | March 8, 1895 | [68] | [69] |
| 27th (10th biennial) | 1897–1899 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1897 | March 20, 1897 | [70] | [71] |
| special | December 21, 1898 | January 9, 1899 | [72] | [73] | ||
| 28th (11th biennial) | 1899 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1899 | March 8, 1899 | [74] | [75] |
| 29th (12th biennial) | 1901 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1901 | March 9, 1901 | [76] | [77] |
| 30th (13th biennial) | 1903 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1903 | March 13, 1903 | [78] | [79] |
| special | June 24, 1903 | June 26, 1903 | [80] | [81] | ||
| 31st (14th biennial) | 1905 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1905 | March 10, 1905 | [82] | [83] |
| 32nd (15th biennial) | 1907–1908 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1907 | March 14, 1907 | [84] | [85] |
| special | January 16, 1908 | February 4, 1908 | [86] | [87] | ||
| 33rd (16th biennial) | 1909 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1909 | March 13, 1909 | [88] | [89] |
| 34th (17th biennial) | 1911 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1911 | March 15, 1911 | [90] | [91] |
| 35th (18th biennial) | 1913 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1913 | March 17, 1913 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| 36th (19th biennial) | 1915 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1915 | March 24, 1915 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | [92] |
| 37th (20th biennial) | 1917 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1917 | March 14, 1917 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | [93] |
| 38th (21st biennial) | 1919–1920 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1919 | March 22, 1919 | [94] | [95] |
| special | June 16, 1919 | June 19, 1919 | [96] | [97] | ||
| special | January 5, 1920 | January 27, 1920 | [98] | [99] | ||
| 39th (22nd biennial) | 1921 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1921 | March 21, 1921 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| 40th (23rd biennial) | 1923 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1923 | March 22, 1923 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| special | August 6, 1923 | August 14, 1923 | [100] | [101] | ||
| 41st (24th biennial) | 1925 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1925 | March 18, 1925 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| 42nd (25th biennial) | 1927–1928 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1927 | March 23, 1927 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| special | July 19, 1928 | July 21, 1928 | [102] | [103] | ||
| 43rd (26th biennial) | 1929–1930 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1929 | March 16, 1929 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| special | February 27, 1930 | March 12, 1930 | [104] | [105] | ||
| 44th (27th biennial) | 1931 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1931 | March 17, 1931 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| 45th (28th biennial) | 1933–1934 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1933 | March 24, 1933 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | [106] |
| special | October 30, 1933 | December 4, 1933 | [107] | [108] | ||
| special | March 1, 1934 | March 7, 1934 | [109] | [110] | ||
| 46th (29th biennial) | 1935–1936 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1935 | March 13, 1935 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| special | July 7, 1936 | July 13, 1936 | [111] | [112] | ||
| 47th (30th biennial) | 1937–1938 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1937 | April 2, 1937 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| special | February 7, 1938 | March 4, 1938 | [113] | [114] | ||
| 48th (31st biennial) | 1939 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1939 | April 3, 1939 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| 49th (32nd biennial) | 1941 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1941 | April 9, 1941 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | pt. 1, pt. 2 |
| 50th (33rd biennial) | 1943 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1943 | March 23, 1943 | [115] | |
| 51st (34th biennial) | 1945 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1945 | March 31, 1945 | [116] | |
| 52nd (35th biennial) | 1947 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1947 | April 9, 1947 | [117] | |
| 53rd (36th biennial) | 1949 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1949 | April 5, 1949 | [118] | |
| 54th (37th biennial) | 1951 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1951 | March 31, 1951 | [119] | |
| 55th (38th biennial) | 1953 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1953 | April 2, 1953 | [120] | |
| 56th (39th biennial) | 1955–1956 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1955 | April 6, 1955 | [121] | |
| budget | January 10, 1956 | May 8, 1956 | [122] | |||
| 57th (40th biennial) | 1957–1958 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1957 | April 8, 1957 | [123] | |
| budget | January 14, 1958 | February 12, 1958 | [124] | |||
| special | April 21, 1958 | May 9, 1958 | [125] | |||
| 58th (41st biennial) | 1959–1960 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1959 | March 28, 1959 | [126] | |
| budget | January 12, 1960 | February 10, 1960 | [127] | |||
| 59th (42nd biennial) | 1961–1962 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 19, 1961 | April 14, 1961 | [128] | |
| budget | January 9, 1962 | February 7, 1962 | [129] | |||
| 60th (43rd biennial) | 1963–1964 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1963 | April 16, 1963 | pt. 1, pt. 2 | |
| budget | January 14, 1964 | February 11, 1964 | [130] | |||
| special | February 17, 1964 | February 22, 1964 | [131] | |||
| 61st (44th biennial) | 1965–1966 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1965 | April 23, 1965 | [132] | [133] |
| budget | January 11, 1966 | February 9, 1966 | [134] | |||
| special | February 15, 1966 | March 9, 1966 | [135] | |||
| 62nd (45th biennial) | 1967–1968 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1967 | April 21, 1967 | [136] | [137] |
| regular | January 9, 1968 | March 8, 1968 | [138] | [139] | ||
| 63rd | 1969–1970 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1969 | April 26, 1969 | [140] | [141] |
| regular | January 13, 1970 | March 23, 1970 | [142] | [143] | ||
| 64th | 1971–1972 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1971 | April 20, 1971 | [144] | [145] |
| regular | January 11, 1972 | March 28, 1972 | [146] | [147] | ||
| 65th | 1973–1974 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1973 | April 26, 1973 | [148] | [149] |
| regular | January 8, 1974 | April 3, 1974 | [150] | [151] | ||
| 66th | 1975–1976 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1975 | May 6, 1975 | [152] | [153] |
| regular | January 12, 1976 | May 4, 1976 | [154] | [155] | ||
| 67th | 1977–1978 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1977 | May 11, 1977 | [156] | |
| regular | January 9, 1978 | May 11, 1978 | [157] | |||
| 68th | 1979–1980 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 1979 | May 14, 1979 | [158] | |
| regular | January 14, 1980 | May 21, 1980 | [159] | |||
| 69th | 1981–1982 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1981 | May 29, 1981 | [160] | |
| regular | January 11, 1982 | May 14, 1982 | [161] | |||
| 70th | 1983–1984 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 1983 | June 3, 1983 | [162] | |
| regular | January 9, 1984 | June 1, 1984 | [163] | |||
| 71st | 1985–1986 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1985 | June 7, 1985 | [164] | |
| regular | January 13, 1986 | June 6, 1986 | [165] | |||
| 72nd | 1987–1988 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 1987 | May 21, 1987 | [166] | |
| special | August 31, 1987 | September 5, 1987 | [167] | |||
| regular | January 11, 1988 | June 3, 1988 | [168] | |||
| 73rd | 1989–1990 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1989 | June 26, 1989 | [169] | |
| special | December 8, 1989 | December 9, 1989 | [170] | |||
| regular | January 8, 1990 | June 1, 1990 | [171] | |||
| 74th | 1991–1992 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 1991 | May 28, 1991 | [172] | |
| regular | January 13, 1992 | May 26, 1992 | [173] | |||
| 75th | 1993–1994 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1993 | June 7, 1993 | [174] | |
| regular | January 10, 1994 | May 23, 1994 | [175] | |||
| 76th | 1995–1996 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 1995 | May 22, 1995 | [176] | |
| regular | January 8, 1996 | May 23, 1996 | [177] | |||
| 77th | 1997–1998 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 1997 | May 27, 1997 | [178] | |
| regular | January 12, 1998 | May 26, 1998 | [179] | |||
| 78th | 1999–2000 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 1999 | May 25, 1999 | [180] | |
| regular | January 10, 2000 | May 24, 2000 | [181] | |||
| 79th | 2001–2002 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 2001 | May 31, 2001 | [182] | |
| regular | January 14, 2002 | May 31, 2002 | [183] | |||
| 80th | 2003–2004 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 2003 | May 29, 2003 | [184] | |
| regular | January 12, 2004 | May 27, 2004 | [185] | |||
| 81st | 2005–2006 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 2005 | May 20, 2005 | [186] | |
| special | June 22, 2005 | July 6, 2005 | [187] | |||
| regular | January 9, 2006 | May 25, 2006 | [188] | |||
| 82nd | 2007–2008 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 8, 2007 | May 22, 2007 | [189] | |
| regular | January 14, 2008 | May 29, 2008 | [190] | |||
| 83rd | 2009–2010 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 2009 | June 4, 2009 | [191] | [192] |
| regular | January 11, 2010 | May 28, 2010 | [193] | [194] | ||
| 84th | 2011–2012 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 10, 2011 | June 1, 2011 | [195] | [196] |
| regular | January 9, 2012 | June 1, 2012 | [197] | [198] | ||
| 85th | 2013–2014 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 2013 | June 20, 2013 | [199] | [200] |
| special | September 3, 2013 | September 4, 2013 | [201] | [202] | ||
| regular | January 13, 2014 | May 30, 2014 | [203] | [204] | ||
| 86th | 2015–2016 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 12, 2015 | June 26, 2015 | [205] | [206] |
| regular | January 11, 2016 | June 1, 2016 | [207] | [208] | ||
| special | June 23, 2016 | June 24, 2016 | [209] | [210] | ||
| 87th | 2017–2018 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 2017 | June 26, 2017 | [211] | [212] |
| regular | January 8, 2018 | May 4, 2018 | [213] | [214] | ||
| 88th | 2019–2020 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 14, 2019 | May 29, 2019 | [215] | [216] |
| regular | January 13, 2020 | May 21, 2020 | [217] | [218] | ||
| special | June 3, 2020 | June 4, 2020 | [219] | [220] | ||
| 89th | 2021–2022 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 11, 2021 | May 26, 2021 | [221] | [222] |
| special | November 22, 2021 | November 22, 2021 | [223] | [224] | ||
| regular | January 10, 2022 | May 23, 2022 | [225] | [226] | ||
| 90th | 2023–2024 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 9, 2023 | April 28, 2023 | [227] | [228] |
| regular | January 8, 2024 | April 30, 2024 | [229] | [230] | ||
| special | June 18, 2024 | June 18, 2024 | [231] | [232] | ||
| 91st | 2025–2026 Kansas Legislature | regular | January 13, 2025 | present | [?] | [?] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The upper house of the territorial legislature was called the council.
- ^ The 1893 session had two competing the houses, the Populist "Dunsmore House" and the "Douglass House," named after their speakers. The state supreme court ruled that the Douglass House was the legitimate body, and the Dunsmore House adjourned on February 28, 1893, merging with the Douglass House.[3][4]
See also
[edit]| History of Kansas |
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| Periods |
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| Topics |
| Places |
 Kansas portal |
- List of speakers of the Kansas House of Representatives
- List of governors of Kansas
- Politics of Kansas
- Elections in Kansas
- Kansas State Capitol
- Timeline of Kansas history
- Lists of United States state legislative sessions
References
[edit]- ^ Francis Newton Thorpe, ed. (1909), "Constitution of Kansas, 1859", The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws of the States and Territories now or heretofore forming the United States of America, Washington: Government Printing Office – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Special Sessions in Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. June 2024.
- ^ "Decision: Chief Justice Horton and Justice Johnston". The Holton Recorder. March 2, 1893.
- ^ House Journal (Dunsmore House ed.). 1893.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kansas Legislature.
- Kansas State Library:
- Government Information: Legislature
- Journals of the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives, 1861–1862, 1913-1976
- Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Kansas Legislature
- Internet Archive. Assorted items related to the Kansas Legislature
- "Kansas Legislative History Research Guide". Washburn University School of Law.
- "Kansas Resources: Statutes & Legislation". Research Guides: U.S. States. Georgetown University Law Library.
- "Guide to Law Online: U.S. Kansas: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress
