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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.
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House • Apr 10, 2026: Died on Calendar
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Summary
Comments on HB 2505
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 124
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
YES: 39
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Craig Bowser
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Marci Francisco
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Scott Hill
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Silas Miller
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Kellie Warren
NO: 1
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Died on Calendar
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Ken Rahjes, Rep. Lance W. Neelly and Rep. Linda Featherston appointed as second conferees
- Mar 26, 2026 | Senate
- Sen. Craig Bowser is appointed to replace Sen. Larry Alley on the Conference Committee
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Craig Bowser and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as second conferees
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Rep. Ken Rahjes, Rep. Lance W. Neelly, and Rep. Linda Featherston are appointed to replace Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe, and Rep. Heather Meyer on the Conference Committee
- Mar 24, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer
- 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 Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 144-S event
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate 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, Absent 1
- 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 House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 346-S event
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)HTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Wed, Mar 11, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Wed, Mar 11, 2026)HTML
- Senate · Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mar 5, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Rep. Will Carpenter, —
- Senate · Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Kurt Wiard, Chief Counsel, KDWP
- Senate · Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Tamera Lawrence, Senior Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor
- House · Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Feb 13, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Feb 13, 2026: Testimony by Representative Corbet, House Legislature
- House · Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Feb 4, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kurtis Wiard, Chief Council, Kansas Dept of Wildlife and Parks
- House · Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Justin Cobb, Assistant Director, Kansas Farm Bureau, Kansas Livestock Association
- House · Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kyle Hamilton, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
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