How to Request a Proclamation From the Kansas Governor

TLDR

A state proclamation can help a nonprofit, professional association, community group, or awareness campaign formally recognize an issue that matters to Kansans.

But requesting one is not the same as mailing a letter to the governor and asking for a signature.

If you are trying to figure out how to request a proclamation from the Kansas governor, the current process has specific eligibility, formatting, and timing requirements. Knowing those before you start can save a lot of unnecessary rewriting.

What Is a Kansas Governor’s Proclamation?

A proclamation is an honorary statement from the governor recognizing an issue, milestone, accomplishment, or observance considered significant to people in Kansas.

It does not create a new law.

It is also not the same thing as an executive order.

Kansas currently makes that distinction clear: gubernatorial proclamations are honorary and are not legally binding. They also do not automatically represent a formal endorsement of the requesting group.

For broader information about the office and state government, KSGovernor.com can serve as a starting point before following through to the official state resources.

Who Can Submit a Request?

Under the current Kansas Governor’s Office policy, proclamation requests must come from a Kansan or Kansas organization.

An individual generally should be requesting the proclamation on behalf of a larger group rather than simply submitting one personally.

That makes proclamations a better fit for organizations such as:

Requests involving private commercial promotion are treated differently, and a proclamation cannot simply be turned into advertising without permission from the Governor’s Office.

Start Early

Timing is one of the easiest parts of the process to get wrong.

As of September 2026, the Governor’s Office says requests are due by the 15th day of the month before the requested observance date.

The office also strongly encourages organizations to apply at least eight weeks ahead.

At the same time, applications generally are not accepted more than three months in advance.

That creates a useful planning window.

If your organization has a major awareness day in October, do not wait until the last week of September to begin discussing the proclamation.

Put the request on the event calendar alongside venue reservations, speakers, promotional materials, and other advance planning.

Follow the Required Format

Kansas currently asks applicants to submit draft proclamation language meeting a specific format.

The draft must:

The Governor’s Office may edit the final wording.

And there is an unusual requirement worth knowing before you start: current state policy expressly says generative AI may not be used to draft the official proclamation language. A submission containing AI-generated proclamation language may be denied.

That does not prevent an organization from using general resources to understand the process.

But the actual language submitted as the proclamation draft needs to comply with the Governor’s Office policy.

Gather Your Facts Before Writing

A strong proclamation request is easier to prepare when you already have the underlying information organized.

Gather:

Keep the focus on why the observance matters to Kansas.

A national awareness day may be well known, but the application will usually be stronger when the group can explain its significance within the state.

Decide Whether You Want a Ceremony

Kansas currently provides two general issuance options.

One is receiving the signed proclamation by mail.

The other is requesting consideration for an official Statehouse signing ceremony.

Signing ceremonies depend on the governor’s schedule and have participant requirements and group-size limits. A ceremony request therefore needs more planning than simply receiving the proclamation by mail.

If the proclamation will be part of a larger event, decide early whether the ceremony itself matters to the organization.

Understand What Constituent Services Can Do

The Governor’s Office also has a broader Constituent Services function.

Kansans can use it to request help with unresolved state-agency matters, share opinions, request recognition letters, seek proclamations, or submit meeting and event requests.

Those are separate processes.

A proclamation request is not the right method for asking the governor to intervene in an individual agency dispute.

Choose the form that matches what you are actually asking the office to do.

Verify the Rules Before Submitting

Government procedures change.

Before submitting your final request, check the current Kansas Governor’s Office proclamation page rather than relying on an old checklist or a previous organization’s application.

Confirm:

That last check can prevent an otherwise good request from being rejected for a procedural reason.

Give the Process Enough Time

Learning how to request a proclamation from the Kansas governor is mostly a matter of following the current process carefully.

Start early.

Make sure the request has a real Kansas connection.

Gather accurate information.

Follow the required structure.

And verify the current rules before submitting.

The proclamation itself may eventually fit on one page.

Getting that page approved starts several weeks earlier.