Kansas · 2025-2026
HB 2505
Providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act.
Bill record: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
Summary AI-generated
Kansas HB 2505 proposes an exception to the Kansas Open Records Act for records held by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Specifically, the bill seeks to exempt information regarding the location of species that are threatened, endangered, or in need of conservation from public disclosure requirements.
Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Issue tags AI-classified
Classified by a local model from the bill's text; confidence shown. GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Sponsors
- Will Carpenter Republican lead
Roll-call votes on this bill
| Question | Chamber | Result | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | upper | pass | 38 | 1 | 0 | Mar 19, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| House Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 124 Nay: 0 | lower | pass | 122 | 0 | 1 | Feb 18, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |