Kansas constitution

Section 1 - All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights,...

Section 2 - All political power is inherent in the people, and all...

Section 3 - The people have the right to assemble, in a peaceable...

Section 4 - A person has the right to keep and bear arms...

Section 5 - The right of trial by jury shall be inviolate.

Section 6 - There shall be no slavery in this state; and no...

Section 7 - The right to worship God according to the dictates of...

Section 8 - The right to the writ of habeas corpus shall not...

Section 9 - All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties except for...

Section 10 - In all prosecutions, the accused shall be allowed to appear...

Section 11 - The liberty of the press shall be inviolate; and all...

Section 12 - No conviction within the state shall work a forfeiture of...

Section 13 - Treason shall consist only in levying war against the state,...

Section 14 - No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in...

Section 15 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 16 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt, except in cases...

Section 17 - No distinction shall ever be made between citizens of the...

Section 18 - All persons, for injuries suffered in person, reputation or property,...

Section 19 - No hereditary emoluments, honors, or privileges shall ever be granted...

Section 20 - This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair...

Article one: executive

Section 1 - The constitutional officers of the executive department shall be the...

Section 3 - The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested...

Section 4 - The governor may require information in writing from the officers...

Section 5 - The governor may, on extraordinary occasions, call the legislature into...

Section 6 - (d) An executive reorganization order which is effective shall be...

Section 7 - The pardoning power shall be vested in the governor, under...

Section 9 - There shall be a seal of the state, which shall...

Section 11 - When the office of governor is vacant, the lieutenant governor...

Section 12 - The lieutenant governor shall assist the governor and have such...

Section 13 - The officers mentioned in this article shall at stated times...

Article two: legislative

Section 1 - The legislative power of this state shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The number of representatives and senators shall be regulated by...

Section 3 - The members of the legislature shall receive such compensation as...

Section 4 - During the time that any person is a candidate for...

Section 5 - No member of congress and no civil officer or employee...

Section 8 - The legislature shall be organized concurrently with the terms of...

Section 9 - All vacancies occurring in either house shall be filled as...

Section 10 - Each house shall publish a journal of its proceedings. The...

Section 12 - Bills and concurrent resolutions may originate in either house, but...

Section 13 - A majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and...

Section 14 - (b) If any bill presented to the governor contains several...

Section 15 - No bill shall be passed on the day that it...

Section 16 - No bill shall contain more than one subject, except appropriation...

Section 17 - All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform...

Section 18 - The legislature may provide for the election or appointment of...

Section 19 - No act shall take effect until the enacting bill is...

Section 20 - The enacting clause of all bills shall be "Be it...

Section 21 - The legislature may confer powers of local legislation and administration...

Section 22 - For any speech, written document or debate in either house,...

Section 24 - No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in...

Section 27 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power to...

Section 28 - The governor and all other officers under this constitution, shall...

Section 30 - Delegation of powers to interstate bodies. The legislature may confer...

Article three: judicial

Section 1 - The judicial power of this state shall be vested exclusively...

Section 2 - The supreme court shall consist of not less than seven...

Section 3 - The supreme court shall have original jurisdiction in proceedings in...

Section 4 - There shall be appointed, by the justices of the supreme...

Section 5 - (g) No member of the supreme court nominating commission shall,...

Section 6 - (f) The supreme court may assign a district judge to...

Section 7 - Justices of the supreme court and judges of the district...

Section 8 - No justice of the supreme court who is appointed or...

Section 12 - All judicial officers shall hold their offices until their successors...

Section 13 - The justices of the supreme court and judges of the...

Section 15 - Justices of the supreme court may be removed from office...

Section 16 - Nothing contained in this amendment to the constitution shall: (a)...

Article four: elections

Section 1 - All elections by the people shall be by ballot or...

Section 2 - General elections shall be held biennially on the Tuesday succeeding...

Section 3 - All elected public officials in the state, except judicial officers,...

Article five: suffrage

Section 1 - Every citizen of the United States who has attained the...

Section 2 - The legislature may, by law, exclude persons from voting because...

Section 4 - The legislature shall provide by law for proper proofs of...

Section 7 - Electors, during their attendance at elections, and in going to...

Article six: education

Section 1 - The legislature shall provide for intellectual, educational, vocational and scientific...

Section 2 - (c) Any municipal university shall be operated, supervised and controlled...

Section 3 - (c) Subsequent redistricting shall not disqualify any member of either...

Section 4 - The state board of education shall appoint a commissioner of...

Section 5 - Local public schools. Local public schools under the general supervision...

Section 6 - (c) No religious sect or sects shall control any part...

Section 7 - (c) The state perpetual school fund or any part thereof...

Article seven: public institutions & welfare

Section 1 - Institutions for the benefit of mentally or physically incapacitated or...

Section 4 - The respective counties of the state shall provide, as may...

Section 5 - The state may provide by law for unemployment compensation and...

Section 6 - The legislature may levy a permanent tax for the creation...

Article eight: militia

Section 1 - The militia shall be composed of all able-bodied male citizens...

Section 2 - The legislature shall provide for organizing, equipping and disciplining the...

Section 3 - Officers of the militia shall be elected or appointed, and...

Section 4 - The governor shall be commander in chief, and shall have...

Article nine: county & township organization

Section 1 - The legislature shall provide for organizing new counties, locating county...

Section 2 - The legislature shall provide for such other county and township...

Section 5 - (b) A county sheriff only may be involuntarily removed from...

Article ten: apportionment of the legislature

Section 1 - e. A judgment of the supreme court of the state...

Article eleven: finance & taxation

Section 1 - (b) All property used exclusively for state, county, municipal, literary,...

Section 2 - The state shall have power to levy and collect taxes...

Section 4 - The legislature shall provide, at each regular session, for raising...

Section 5 - No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of a...

Section 6 - For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenses and making public...

Section 7 - No debt shall be contracted by the state except as...

Section 8 - The state may borrow money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection,...

Section 9 - The state shall never be a party in carrying on...

Section 10 - The state shall have power to levy special taxes, for...

Section 11 - In enacting any law under section 2 of this article...

Section 12 - Land devoted to agricultural use may be defined by law...

Section 13 - (d) The provisions of this section shall not be construed...

Article twelve: corporations

Section 1 - The legislature shall pass no special act conferring corporate powers....

Section 2 - Dues from corporations shall be secured by the individual liability...

Section 4 - No right of way shall be appropriated to the use...

Section 5 - (e) This amendment shall be effective on and after July...

Section 6 - The term corporations, as used in this article, shall include...

Article thirteen: banks

Section 1 - No bank shall be established otherwise than under a general...

Section 2 - The state shall not be a stockholder in any banking...

Article fourteen: constitutional amendment & revision

Section 1 - Propositions for the amendment of this constitution may be made...

Section 2 - Proposals of the convention shall be submitted to the electors...

Article fifteen: miscellaneous

Section 1 - All officers whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided...

Section 2 - The tenure of any office not herein provided for may...

Section 3 - Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are forever prohibited.

Section 3a - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of...

Section 3b - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of...

Section 3c - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of...

Section 3d - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of...

Section 5 - An accurate and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures...

Section 6 - The legislature shall provide for the protection of the rights...

Section 7 - The legislature may reduce the salaries of officers, who shall...

Section 8 - The temporary seat of government is hereby located at the...

Section 9 - A homestead to the extent of one hundred and sixty...

Section 10 - At any subsequent general election, the legislature may provide by...

Section 12 - No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or...

Section 13 - Notwithstanding any general or special provision of this constitution, the...

Section 14 - All state officers before entering upon their respective duties shall...

Section 15 - (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize...

Section 16 - (b) No relationship, other than a marriage, shall be recognized...