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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 18, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 19, 2026: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
House Calendar: Bills Under Consideration to Concur or Nonconcur
Position: 20
Summary
Comments on HB 2505
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 124
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Fri, Feb 13, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Fri, Feb 13, 2026: Testimony by Representative Corbet, House Legislature (HB2505)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kurtis Wiard, Chief Council, Kansas Dept of Wildlife and Parks (Oral support HB2505)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Justin Cobb, Assistant Director, Kansas Farm Bureau, Kansas Livestock Association (Written only Opponent HB2505)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Wed, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kyle Hamilton, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (HB2505 brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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