---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts."
description: "Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Kansas SB 54 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a55e7c3-85df-4570-8f94-31e62d6251ee"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB54/"
source_hash: "3977379a26eca3fab1d8388747e41635f9d0efa2cd0c28d193b3af37bdef6c3c"
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 54 (2025-2026) — Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts.

## 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_54/sb54_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_54/sb54_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_54/sb54_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_54/sb54_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
- **2025-03-26** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 87, Nay 31, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a55e7c3-85df-4570-8f94-31e62d6251ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).