---
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: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2395"
citation: "Kansas HB 2395 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ede3a6e-e4e0-43a1-b40a-e92f7fc7d244"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2395/"
source_hash: "76609e050cbc1818b8085a93860271eb92d230219cd7d237b36c68c2e2f94b18"
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 2395 (2023-2024) — 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/hb2395_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2395_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing: Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ede3a6e-e4e0-43a1-b40a-e92f7fc7d244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).