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IntroducedJan 23, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2025
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Passed House
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Signed into Law
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.
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House • Mar 21, 2025: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 70
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciarysponsor
Votes
Actions
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 12, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 26 Nay: 14
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Warren Committee on Judiciary
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Warren was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Feb 14, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, February 3, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- Jan 24, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Jan 23, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Minutes
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Matthew Bingesser, Attorney General's Office (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by John Goodyear, League of Kansas Municipalities (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Jay Hall, KS Association of Counties (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Michael Koss, City of Overland Park (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Missy Leavitt, Private Citizen (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Audrey Anderson, KS Register of Deeds (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Dave Trabert, KS Policy Institute (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Bill Brief)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Angela Stallbaumer, KS Assoc of School Boards (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Minutes
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Dick Carter, on behalf of, City of Overland Park (SB70 opponent written only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by John Goodyear, General Counsel, League of Kansas Municipalities (SB70 proponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Jay Hall, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Kansas Assoc of Counties (SB70 proponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Jill O'Connor, Private Citizen (SB70 proponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Dave Trabert, CEO, Kansas Policy Institute (SB70 opponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Matthew Bingesser Administrative Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Kansas (SB70 neutral inperson)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Angela Stallbaumer, Deputy Director General Counsel, Kansas Association of School Boards (SB70 neutral in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Amanda Stanley, City Attorney, City of Topkea (SB70 neutral written only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Charlotte O'Hara, Private Citizen (SB70 proponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Dick Carter on behalf of, City of Overland Park (SB70 Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, Private Citizen (SB70 Proponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Gary Morgan, Private Citizen (SB70 proponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Catherine Ellsworth, Private Citizen (SB70 proponent in person)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Bret Anderson, Private Citizen (SB70 proponent written only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor's Office, State of Kansas (SB70 Bill Brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary