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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amending the Kansas open records act by limiting certain charges for furnishing records and employee time required to make records available and exempting certain records from disclosure and amending the Kansas open meetings act by providing for the membership calculation of subordinate groups and requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe."
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description: "Amending the Kansas open records act by limiting certain charges for furnishing records and employee time required to make records available and exempting certain records from disclosure and amending the Kansas open meetings act by providing for the membership calculation of subordinate groups and requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 2134"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2134 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["SB 70"]
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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: 23
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-01-28"
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last_action: "2025-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a4fef4-5057-4366-84af-24ac094a0f87"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2134/"
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source_hash: "fe0fa5e55d64eda3c1484a6797f5bffd8e543a9be21fec21c5445b2527c9db4f"
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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 2134 (2025-2026) — Amending the Kansas open records act by limiting certain charges for furnishing records and employee time required to make records available and exempting certain records from disclosure and amending the Kansas open meetings act by providing for the membership calculation of subordinate groups and requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe.
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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](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2134/hb2134_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2134/hb2134_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2134/hb2134_02_0000.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2134/hb2134_enrolled.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-11** Law effective July 1, 2025
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- **2025-04-11** Reengrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025
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- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
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- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
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- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
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- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
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- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
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- **2025-03-20** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
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- **2025-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-26** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
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- **2025-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-28** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
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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/e6a4fef4-5057-4366-84af-24ac094a0f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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