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Senate advances bill tightening open‑meetings and public‑records rules; amends livestreaming and fees
Summary
Senate Bill 70, as amended, would change Kansas law on public meetings and public‑records requests — including clarifying reasonable fees, streaming requirements for governing bodies and confidentiality for some investigation records — and a technical amendment renamed an agency reference.
Senate Bill 70, explained on the floor by Senator Sandra Gossage (Senator from Johnson), would amend multiple provisions of Kansas law governing public meetings and records. The bill focuses on public access: clarifying allowable fees for open‑records requests, defining when portions of records from investigations should remain confidential, and tightening how governing bodies must make meetings available when they elect to…
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