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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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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 21, 2025: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 70
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Judiciarysponsor

Votes
YES: 26
- Sen. Alley
- Sen. Blasi
- Sen. Claeys
- Sen. Corson
- Sen. Dietrich
- Sen. Erickson
- Sen. Fagg
- Sen. Faust Goudeau
- Sen. Francisco
- Sen. Gossage
- Sen. Haley
- Sen. Kloos
- Sen. Masterson
- Sen. Murphy
- Sen. Owens
- Sen. Peck
- Sen. Petersen
- Sen. Rose
- Sen. Schmidt
- Sen. Shallenburger
- Sen. Shane
- Sen. Thomas
- Sen. Titus
- Sen. Ware
- Sen. Warren
NO: 14
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 12, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House 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 Sen. Kellie Warren
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kellie 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 Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, February 3, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S event
- Jan 24, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Jan 23, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteeHTML
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}PDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}HTML
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- As Amended by House CommitteeHTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NotePDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Fri, Feb 14, 2025)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Fri, Feb 14, 2025)HTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (Wed, Mar 19, 2025)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (Wed, Mar 19, 2025)HTML
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Minutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Matthew Bingesser, Attorney General's Office
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by John Goodyear, League of Kansas Municipalities
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Jay Hall, KS Association of Counties
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Michael Koss, City of Overland Park
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Missy Leavitt, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Audrey Anderson, KS Register of Deeds
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Dave Trabert, KS Policy Institute
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2025: Testimony by Angela Stallbaumer, KS Assoc of School Boards
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by John Goodyear, General Counsel, League of Kansas Municipalities
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Jay Hall, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Kansas Assoc of Counties
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Jill O'Connor, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Dave Trabert, CEO, Kansas Policy Institute
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Dick Carter, on behalf of, City of Overland Park
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Matthew Bingesser Administrative Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Angela Stallbaumer, Deputy Director General Counsel, Kansas Association of School Boards
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Amanda Stanley, City Attorney, City of Topkea
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Charlotte O'Hara, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Dick Carter on behalf of, City of Overland Park
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Gary Morgan, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Catherine Ellsworth, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Bret Anderson, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2025: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor's Office, State of Kansas
