Kansas bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas HB 2134

Amending the Kansas open records act by limiting certain charges for furnishing records and employee time required to make records available and exempting certain records from disclosure and amending the Kansas open meetings act by providing for the membership calculation of subordinate groups and requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary

Summary

Text versions

• As Introduced
• As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary
• As Amended by Senate Committee
• Enrolled

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Jan 28, 2025 · House
  Introduced
• Jan 28, 2025 · House
  Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 18, 2025 · House
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 20, 2025 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• Feb 20, 2025 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
• Feb 20, 2025 · House
  Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
• Feb 20, 2025 · House
  Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2
• Feb 25, 2025 · Senate
  Received and Introduced
• Feb 26, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 26, 2025 · House
  Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025
• Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Mar 19, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• Mar 19, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
• Mar 19, 2025 · Senate
  Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
• Mar 20, 2025 · House
  Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
• Mar 24, 2025 · Senate
  Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
• Mar 26, 2025 · Senate
  Conference committee report now available
• Mar 26, 2025 · Senate
  Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
• Mar 27, 2025 · House
  Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
• Apr 10, 2025 · House
  Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
• Apr 10, 2025 · House
  Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025
• Apr 11, 2025 · House
  Reengrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025
• Apr 11, 2025 · House
  Law effective July 1, 2025