Kansas Constitution

Article 2, § 27 — Impeachment

Kansas Const. art. 2, § 27

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The house of representatives shall have the sole power to impeach. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate; and when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall take an oath to do justice according to the law and the evidence. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators then elected (or appointed) and qualified.

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History

Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, October 4, 1859; L. 1861, p. 54; L. 1974, ch. 458, § 1; November 5, 1974.

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