SB 70

Kansas Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: March 21, 2025.

SB70 - 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.

Bill ID KS-2025-2026-SB-70
Session 2025-2026
Status failed
Committee Judiciary
Senate failed 2025-03-21
Summary

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.

Sponsor
Senate Committee on Judiciary
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-01-23 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-03-21 Status failed
2025-03-21 Latest Action Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
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