---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act."
description: "Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2518"
citation: "Kansas HB 2518 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Punishment and Criminal Procedure", "SB 426"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa279dfd-c9c6-42ed-8d81-a849ceed2735"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2518/"
source_hash: "afb0a1cc1166d50c07fab3b70518d2607e882f1ff160c6d4b61408652388e68e"
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 2518 (2025-2026) — Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2518/hb2518_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2518/hb2518_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2518/hb2518_03_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2518/hb2518_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2518/hb2518_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-04-09** Reengrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2026-03-27** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bradley Barrett was adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bradley Barrett
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa279dfd-c9c6-42ed-8d81-a849ceed2735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).