---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act."
description: "Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Kansas SB 299 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Open Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b15dd2-ba10-4374-ba13-6cc0cab58abc"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB299/"
source_hash: "50d96015cde3b6b1c0a8288f3ae133606bc789d23c1190b812fdb6d44637f441"
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 299 (2025-2026) — Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records 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/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_00_0000.pdf)
2. **{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/sb_299/sb299_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-23** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026
- **2026-03-11** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1
- **2026-03-09** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-05** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
- **2026-03-05** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 87, Nay 32, Absent 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Paul Waggoner was adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Paul Waggoner
- **2026-03-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S event
- **2025-04-11** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5b15dd2-ba10-4374-ba13-6cc0cab58abc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).