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Kansas legislative bill-drafting system rollout delayed amid testing and vendor staffing issues
Summary
The Legislature's CALOS modernization project to replace its bill-drafting software has been repeatedly delayed by complex defects and staff changes at the vendor; project leaders told the committee they are testing successive builds and may use the old system if the new platform is not reliably ready for the 2026 session.
Legislative staff and information-technology managers updated the Joint Committee on Information Technology about the CALOS modernization effort, the project to replace the Legislature’s bill-drafting and bill‑management system.
Project leaders said testing continues but significant bugs remain in the vendor’s builds. Eric Teal, director of application services for the legislative branch, told the committee the vendor has supplied weekly updates but the system still does not allow the Reviser's Office and legislative staff to “go all the way through the legislative process” without encountering problems. The steering committee had planned a production deployment after the 2025 session but…
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