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 Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
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.
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Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Judiciary | Primary sponsor | Not 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
- Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 26, Nay 14
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kellie Warren was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Introduced