The current secretary of state is the former speaker pro tempore of the Kansas House of Representatives, Scott Schwab, who was sworn in on January 14, 2019.

[2] In 2015, Secretary Kris Kobach requested and was granted by the Kansas Legislature prosecutorial power in voter fraud cases.

In October that year, he filed his first three-vote fraud cases dealing with voting in two states.

The duty of regulating lobbying and campaign finance is shared with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission.

The secretary regulates a wide variety of businesses, including sports agents, trade unions, cemeteries and funeral homes.