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Kansas Judiciary committee hears multifaceted open‑government bill changing electronic fees, disclosures and livestream rules
Summary
A multiprong bill to amend the Open Records Act and Open Meetings Act — prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records, narrowing disclosure of formally closed investigations, shifting a reporting deadline and setting livestream and executive‑session rules — drew mixed testimony Wednesday before the House Committee on Judiciary.
A broad open‑government bill that would bar fees for electronic copies of public records, narrow disclosure of some formally closed investigations and add requirements for livestreamed public meetings was heard Wednesday by the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jason Thompson of the Revisor's Office summarized Senate Bill 70 as amended in the Senate, telling the committee the measure "prohibits fees for electronic copies of records under the Open Records Act" and also changes multiple Open Meetings Act provisions.
The bill would: (1) treat fees for printed copies equal to or less than 25 cents per page as reasonable and prohibit per‑page or per‑copy fees for electronic copies; (2) add an exception to disclosure for agency investigations that were formally closed with a finding of no…
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