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IntroducedJan 22, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became LawApr 09, 2026
Kansas House Bill
Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 09, 2026: Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2519
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Judiciarysponsor
Votes
YES: 120
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Consent Calendar Passed
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, March 9, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S event
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea 120, Nay 2, Absent 3
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Revisors Office
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Sara Hortenstine, KS State Child Death Review Board
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 9, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 9, 2026: Testimony by Sara Hortenstine, Div Chief, Youth Services Divistion, Office of Attorney General
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 9, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor Office, State of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 9, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor's Office, State of Kansas
