republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/hb-2476.md

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Bill	Amending the open records act and creating an exception to the unlawful use of public records for certain commercial uses.	Amending the open records act and creating an exception to the unlawful use of public records for certain commercial uses.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2476	Kansas HB 2476 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted		4	34	4	2018-01-17	2018-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/2046c50a-e20a-41c0-837c-c3a11ab0a682	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2476	1b0008b698585660bd038bdf0c9e85255764d1d8a6909fada3486e5595e87c9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2476 (2017-2018) — Amending the open records act and creating an exception to the unlawful use of public records for certain commercial uses.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 91–29 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 107–15 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 38–2 (pass) · legislature
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 39–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-17 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-17 Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
• 2018-01-18 Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carmichael amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carmichael was withdrawn amendment-withdrawal
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carmichael
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Amendment by Representative Carmichael was withdrawn
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed Committee on Federal and State Affairs
• 2018-02-14 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-02-15 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 107 Nay: 15 passage
• 2018-02-15 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Hearing: Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
• 2018-03-02 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-07 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-07 Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
• 2018-03-13 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-13 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Denning amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-13 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Denning was adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-03-13 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-03-14 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 passage
• 2018-03-20 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2018-03-20 Motion to accede adopted; Senator Estes, Senator Olson and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
• 2018-04-06 Conference committee report now available
• 2018-04-07 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2018-04-07 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 passage
• 2018-04-26 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2018-04-26 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 91 Nay: 29 passage
• 2018-04-28 Engrossed on Thursday, April 26, 2018
• 2018-04-30 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 30, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-05-04 Approved by Governor on Friday, May 4, 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2046c50a-e20a-41c0-837c-c3a11ab0a682. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).