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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amending the open records act and creating an exception to the unlawful use of public records for certain commercial uses."
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description: "Amending the open records act and creating an exception to the unlawful use of public records for certain commercial uses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 2476"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2476 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-17"
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last_action: "2018-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2046c50a-e20a-41c0-837c-c3a11ab0a682"
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source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2476"
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source_hash: "1b0008b698585660bd038bdf0c9e85255764d1d8a6909fada3486e5595e87c9e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2476_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2476_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2476_enrolled.pdf)
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4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2476_02_0000.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **91–29** (pass) · legislature
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- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **107–15** (pass) · legislature
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- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
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- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carmichael `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carmichael was withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carmichael
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Amendment by Representative Carmichael was withdrawn
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2018-02-15** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 107 Nay: 15 `passage`
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- **2018-02-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-02-16** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-21** Hearing: Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
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- **2018-03-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2018-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
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- **2018-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2018-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Denning `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Denning was adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-03-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2018-03-14** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
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- **2018-03-20** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
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- **2018-03-20** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Estes, Senator Olson and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
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- **2018-04-06** Conference committee report now available
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- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
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- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
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- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
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- **2018-04-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 91 Nay: 29 `passage`
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- **2018-04-28** Engrossed on Thursday, April 26, 2018
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- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 30, 2018 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 4, 2018 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2046c50a-e20a-41c0-837c-c3a11ab0a682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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