# Kansas HB 2166: Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act.

Kansas HB 2166, Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2166
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-03-26, Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (281 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 0 | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 121 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-03-26: Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-21: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Consent Calendar Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Final Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2025-02-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-03: Hearing: Monday, February 3, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2025-01-30: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-30: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2166/hb2166_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2166/hb2166_enrolled.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2166/hb2166_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2166/hb2166_enrolled.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2166-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).