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Cox Communications requests introduction of bill to modernize Kansas telecommunications statute (RS 2851)

Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications · January 21, 2026
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Summary

Megan Battenberg of Cox Communications asked the Committee to introduce RS 2851 to modernize telecommunications statutes and the gross‑receipts definition; the chair accepted the introduction during the committee session.

Megan Battenberg of Cox Communications asked the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications to introduce a bill, RS 2851, "that would modernize telecommunications statutes, KSA 12 20 o 1, and the gross receipts definition," and the chair stated the bill was introduced.

The transcript records Battenberg identifying herself and the bill request; no further text of the draft legislation or fiscal notes was discussed on the record. The chair accepted the introduction and invited further bill introductions but none were recorded.

Next steps (not specified in the transcript) would typically include referral to committee staff for drafting, numbering and scheduling for committee consideration.