---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating exemptions in the open records act for records that contain captured license plate data or that pertain to the location of an automated license plate recognition system."
description: "Creating exemptions in the open records act for records that contain captured license plate data or that pertain to the location of an automated license plate recognition system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 434"
citation: "Kansas SB 434 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ffe85ac-f078-4da5-a94b-0c472a0a9570"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb434"
source_hash: "2d257f586997a4a3f19548f074c27941d2970531923cdf5434521184f3c48105"
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 SB 434 (2021-2022) — Creating exemptions in the open records act for records that contain captured license plate data or that pertain to the location of an automated license plate recognition system.

## 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/sb434_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb434_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing: Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Hearing: Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 1, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 11, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ffe85ac-f078-4da5-a94b-0c472a0a9570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).