# Kansas SB 299: Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act. Kansas SB 299, Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status signed, last action 2026-03-20 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB299-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 299 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-10 - Last action: 2026-03-20, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on federal and state affairs, senate committee on federal and state affairs - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (326 yes, 66 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 Federal and State Affairs ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 1 | pass | 38 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 87 Nay: 32 | pass | 87 | 32 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 0 | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Concurred with amendments in conference | pass | 38 | 1 | | | 2026-03-05 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 87 | 32 | | | 2026-02-05 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 38 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 2026-03-20: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer appointed as conferees (House) - 2026-03-05: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 87, Nay 32, Absent 5 (House) - 2026-03-05: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Paul Waggoner (House) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Paul Waggoner was adopted (House) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-03-02: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House) - 2026-02-25: Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 346-S (House) - 2026-02-25: Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 9:10 AM — Room 346-S (House) - 2026-02-06: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-02-06: Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House) - 2026-02-05: Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Hearing: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_enrolled.pdf) - {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_01_0000.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/sb_299/sb299_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_enrolled.pdf) - [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_299/sb299_01_0000.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) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB299-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).