# Kansas SB 204: Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of the county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district, allowing such boards to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county and requiring the case, warrant and subpoena information be sealed in criminal and juvenile offender cases.

Kansas SB 204, Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of the county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district, allowing such boards to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county and requiring the case, warrant and subpoena information be sealed in criminal and juvenile offender cases., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2025-04-24 (Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 204
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of the county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district, allowing such boards to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county and requiring the case, warrant and subpoena information be sealed in criminal and juvenile offender cases.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-04-24, Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on judiciary, senate committee on judiciary
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (644 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New library board appointments and court funding: benefit, low. Outside Johnson, Sedgwick, and Douglas counties, chief judges appoint at least two county-resident attorneys to law library boards. These attorneys serve two-year terms and are no longer elected by local attorneys. Outside Johnson and Sedgwick counties, library boards may authorize chief judges to…
- Public access and loans from law libraries: benefit, low. Kansas county law library boards must set guidelines for reasonable public access. Boards may also acquire and maintain materials and technology, then lend them for use outside the library. Each board decides whether to offer loans. The law does not set public access hours.
- Criminal records gain privacy, lose public access: mixed, low. Kansas courts must seal criminal and juvenile offender cases when an arrest warrant is sought, limiting public access. Sealing lasts until the warrant is carried out or the request is denied; warrants under K.S.A. 22-2807 are excluded. Courts must also seal all subpoenas in these cases, and subpoen…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 124 Nay: 0 | pass | 124 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 118 Nay: 0 | pass | 118 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 124 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 118 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2025-04-24: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Conference committee report now available (House)
- 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 (House)
- 2025-03-24: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees (House)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-03-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 118, Nay 0, Absent 7 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-03-11: Hearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kellie Warren was adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Hearing: Monday, February 17, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_03_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_02_0000.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_03_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_204/sb204_02_0000.pdf)

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- [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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB204-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).