---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 349 by Committee on Judiciary - Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act."
description: "House Substitute for SB 349 by Committee on Judiciary - Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Kansas SB 349 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cdcfa8d-5808-4c18-ba5c-83cc5761a2dd"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb349/"
source_hash: "25d31ef8f79fca30dfc87248ea23cee70d07542ba85fa2567c42c639a0dbe458"
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 349 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 349 by Committee on Judiciary - Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb349_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb349_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb349_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
- Committee on Judiciary — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2024-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2024-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Withdrawn from Committee on Transportation; Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 114 Nay: 8 `passage, substitution`
- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Humphries, Representative Lewis and Representative Osman appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 35 Nay: 0
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 15, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cdcfa8d-5808-4c18-ba5c-83cc5761a2dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).