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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 242: Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 242 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts. Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on JudiciaryPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Committee
  2. Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Judiciary; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
  3. Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
  4. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
  5. Introduced

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source