---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Kansas right-to-know fee fund and establishing statutory fee maximums for the Kansas right-to-know program."
description: "Creating the Kansas right-to-know fee fund and establishing statutory fee maximums for the Kansas right-to-know program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2577"
citation: "Kansas HB 2577 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3dc4da7-9a9d-496e-8808-a9172d28ae9e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2577"
source_hash: "4a8045af41f3b938291cdd0a7f45412a345b348bdaa6c6ca2e407e8df153cdf6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2577 (2017-2018) — Creating the Kansas right-to-know fee fund and establishing statutory fee maximums for the Kansas right-to-know program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2577_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2577_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2577_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **117–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water and Environment — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Referred to Committee on Water and Environment `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: Tuesday, February 06, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2018-02-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Water and Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Hearing: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2018-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator V. Schmidt `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator V. Schmidt was withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Estes and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Engrossed on Tuesday, May 1, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 04, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3dc4da7-9a9d-496e-8808-a9172d28ae9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).