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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act."
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description: "Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act."
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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: "SB 299"
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citation: "Kansas SB 299 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Open Records"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-04-10"
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last_action: "2026-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b15dd2-ba10-4374-ba13-6cc0cab58abc"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB299/"
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source_hash: "50d96015cde3b6b1c0a8288f3ae133606bc789d23c1190b812fdb6d44637f441"
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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 SB 299 (2025-2026) — Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act.
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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/sb_299/sb299_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_enrolled.pdf)
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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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- **2026-03-23** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-16** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026
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- **2026-03-11** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1
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- **2026-03-09** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer appointed as conferees
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- **2026-03-05** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
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- **2026-03-05** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 87, Nay 32, Absent 5 `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Paul Waggoner was adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Paul Waggoner
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- **2026-03-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-02-05** Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-15** Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S event
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- **2025-04-11** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** 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/a5b15dd2-ba10-4374-ba13-6cc0cab58abc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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