---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2137 by Committee on Judiciary - Reviewing and continuing expiring exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act and eliminating a photograph record requirement in the scrap metal theft reduction act."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2137 by Committee on Judiciary - Reviewing and continuing expiring exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act and eliminating a photograph record requirement in the scrap metal theft reduction act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2137"
citation: "Kansas HB 2137 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f83d0916-bf28-493d-b0ff-0cc8a1305403"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2137"
source_hash: "6351ed1801f59c6374739f84ecfaba2725c24a22bd6504ec89c11a67dd911fd1"
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 2137 (2019-2020) — Senate Substitute for HB 2137 by Committee on Judiciary - Reviewing and continuing expiring exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act and eliminating a photograph record requirement in the scrap metal theft reduction act.

## 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/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2137_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2137_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2137_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing: Monday, February 11, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-21** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2020-05-21** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-21** Committee Report adopted
- **2020-05-21** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2020-05-21** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2020-05-21** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 121 Nay: 0
- **2020-05-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-21** Approved by Governor on Monday, June 1, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f83d0916-bf28-493d-b0ff-0cc8a1305403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).