Modifying an exception to the Kansas open records act that authorizes certain individuals to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership by providing that certain individuals who were employed for five or more years, certain elected officials and persons who reside at an address that is subject to restriction from public access may request to have such information restricted and removing an exception related to i...

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The bill changes K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45‑221 so that legislators, law‑enforcement officers, judges, other listed officials, employees with five or more years of service, and concealed‑handgun license holders can request that their personal address or ownership information be removed from searchable public‑agency sites. Agencies must act within 10 business days and the restriction lasts five years, with the option to renew. The measure replaces the prior exemption language but failed to pass, dying in a Senate committee.

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