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SB362 • 2026

Requiring the office of each state officer to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of information upon request by a member of the public.

Requiring the office of each state officer to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of information upon request by a member of the public.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requiring the office of each state officer to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of information upon request by a member of the public.

Requiring the office of each state officer to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of information upon request by a member of the public.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring the office of each state officer to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of information upon request by a member of the public.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in House Committee

  2. 2026-02-19 House

    Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  3. 2026-02-19 House

    Received and Introduced

  4. 2026-02-18 Senate

    Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0

  5. 2026-02-18 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  6. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders

  7. 2026-02-16 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics

  8. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics ; Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics

  9. 2026-01-23 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  10. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Requiring the office of each state officer to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of information upon request by a member of the public.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 362
By Senator Shallenburger
1-22
AN ACT concerning state officers; requiring the office of each state officer
to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel
locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed
by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of
information upon request by a member of the public.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) For purposes of this section, "state officer" means the
governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state
treasurer and commissioner of insurance.
(b) Each office of a state officer shall keep and maintain a full and
complete record of information concerning all travel locations and
expenses of each such state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the
state during each fiscal year. Each such office shall provide such records of
information relating to the travel locations and expenses of the state officer
upon request by a member of the public.
(c) The provisions of K.S.A. 45-221, and amendments thereto, or any
other state law that limits the disclosure of records of state officers, shall
not apply to the records of information required to be kept and maintained
by subsection (b).
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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