Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 70: Prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records under the open records act, exempting from disclosure formally closed investigations with no found violations, requiring county or district attorneys to file reports of violations with the attorney general in October instead of January, determining the membership calculation of subordinate groups under the open meetings act, requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe and providing for a five minute deviation to resume an open meeting at the conclusion of executive sessions.

Passed one chamber Last action March 21, 2025: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

Plain-language summary

SB 70 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records under the open records act, exempting from disclosure formally closed investigations with no found violations, requiring county or district attorneys to file reports of violations with the attorney general in October instead of January, determining the membership calculation of subordinate groups under the open meetings act, requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe and providing for a five minute deviation to resume an open meeting at the conclusion of executive sessions. Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (March 21, 2025): Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary.