SB70

Kansas SB70 amends the open records and meetings acts, setting fees for electronic records, exempting certain closed investigations, and adjusting.

Kansas SB70 modifies the open records act by prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records and exempting from disclosure formally closed investigations with no found violations. It also requires county or district attorneys to report violations to the attorney general by December 15 instead of January. The open meetings act is amended to allow a five-minute deviation to resume an open meeting after executive sessions and mandates that public bodies or agencies live streaming meetings must ensure the public can observe.