republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/sb-54.md

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Bill	Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts.	Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	SB 54	Kansas SB 54 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted		4	18	0	2025-01-21	2025-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/1a55e7c3-85df-4570-8f94-31e62d6251ee	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB54/	3977379a26eca3fab1d8388747e41635f9d0efa2cd0c28d193b3af37bdef6c3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 54 (2025-2026) — Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts.

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 on Judiciary (committee substitute) — source
3. Sub (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-10 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 executive-signature
• 2025-04-10 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
• 2025-03-26 Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 40, Nay 0
• 2025-03-24 Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees
• 2025-03-24 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
• 2025-03-20 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 87, Nay 31, Absent 7 passage
• 2025-03-20 Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
• 2025-03-20 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2025-03-20 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2025-03-13 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-25 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2025-02-19 Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 passage
• 2025-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed passage
• 2025-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed passage
• 2025-02-18 Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a55e7c3-85df-4570-8f94-31e62d6251ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).