---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for HB 2049 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting a public agency from charging a fee for records requested for an audit by the legislative division of post audit."
description: "Substitute for HB 2049 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting a public agency from charging a fee for records requested for an audit by the legislative division of post audit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2049"
citation: "Kansas HB 2049 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09d7b6bc-82bc-4c04-a663-0b2e92754396"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2049"
source_hash: "697ae43d3d2e40303120e664cd507b1e7f6104d75d2ed05a365bb799dcf3b68c"
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 2049 (2021-2022) — Substitute for HB 2049 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting a public agency from charging a fee for records requested for an audit by the legislative division of post audit.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2049_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2049_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2049_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **124–1** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar Passed — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Post Audit Committee — primary (organization)
- Committee on Judiciary — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Hearing: Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N - CANCELED
- **2021-01-15** Hearing: Thursday, January 21, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-01** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-02-03** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 1 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-02-04** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transparency and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Hearing: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Transparency and Ethics `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2021-03-02** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
- **2021-03-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 5, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 11, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09d7b6bc-82bc-4c04-a663-0b2e92754396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).