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IntroducedApr 10, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 05, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 05, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 299
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Federal and State Affairssponsor
- Senator Thompson on behalf of Josh Ney, Kriegshauser Ney Law GroupRequester
Votes
YES: 87
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Roth
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
NO: 32
ABSENT: 5
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 38 Nay: 1
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kessler, Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer appointed as conferees
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Thompson , Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 87 Nay: 32
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Waggoner
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Waggoner was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 02, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 9:10 AM Room 346-S
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- Apr 11, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Apr 10, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Feb 25, 2026: Testimony by Revisor Heim, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Brief on SB299)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Jason Long, Revisor of Statute (SB 299)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Jan 15, 2026: Testimony by Josh Ney, Attorney, KN Law Group (SB 299, Prop, In-P)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
