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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Requires State Officers to Log and Publicly Disclose All State-Paid Travel
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in House CommitteeSponsor: Tim Shallenburger
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What This Bill Proposed
offices in Kansas must maintain complete records of all state-paid or reimbursed travel locations and expenses for each and make them available to any member of the public upon request.
Kansas residents gain a direct statutory right to inspect detailed travel logs and reimbursement expenditures for the state's top six executive officials, overriding existing state laws that might otherwise restrict public disclosure of those records.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State Officers
Offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, and commissioner of insurance must maintain and disclose detailed travel location and expense records.
Members of the Public
Residents gain the explicit statutory right to request and receive records concerning the travel locations and expenses of state officers.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
12 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in House Committee
- Feb 19, 2026HouseIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 18, 2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Feb 18, 2026SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 18, 2026Senatefa_fabc_912
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- Feb 18, 2026SenateFloorEmergency Final Action - Passed
- Feb 17, 2026SenateWithdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
- Feb 16, 2026SenateFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by
- Feb 2, 2026SenateWithdrawn from Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics; Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
- Jan 23, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 22, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Override of Existing Disclosure Limits
The bill carves out a specific exception to standard state records disclosure statutes (K.S.A. 45-221) to ensure travel records cannot be withheld under general statutory exemptions.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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