KS SB 70
died on adjournmentProhibiting 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.
Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KS SB 70 pass?
No. KS SB 70 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-21): Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
What is KS SB 70 about?
KS SB 70 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “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.”.
Who sponsors KS SB 70?
Committee on Judiciary is the primary sponsor of KS SB 70.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-23
- Latest action
- 2025-03-21 — Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciaryprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-03-21
Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
2025-03-19
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-25
Received and Introduced
introduction
2025-02-25
Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-02-19
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 26, Nay 14
passage
2025-02-18
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
passage
2025-02-18
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren
2025-02-18
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kellie Warren was adopted
passage
2025-02-18
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
passage
2025-02-14
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-24
Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-01-23
Introduced
introduction
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Votes
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Related bills
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