---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act."
description: "Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2166"
citation: "Kansas HB 2166 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0cf1b05-5537-498a-8733-8e1f739391f5"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2166/"
source_hash: "f2866dfbff7e398110bb0550267f7acd74c819353db79714fdbd47f619d70a6e"
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 2166 (2025-2026) — 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](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2166/hb2166_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2166/hb2166_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 Wednesday, March 26, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
- **2025-03-12** Consent Calendar Passed
- **2025-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Final Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0cf1b05-5537-498a-8733-8e1f739391f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).