Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB168

Introduced
2/3/25  

Caption

Requiring the director of legislative administrative services to remove legislative video recordings from cloud based servers and video on demand platforms after 10 years.

Impact

The implications of SB168 are significant as it will affect how legislative bodies in Kansas handle their video records. By setting a concrete timeline of ten years, the bill intends to enhance data management practices, preventing indefinite storage which may pose risks to privacy and data security. As such, this could reshape the technological infrastructure related to legislative records, prompting updates to existing systems to ensure compliance with the bill requirements.

Summary

Senate Bill No. 168 introduces a legislative mandate regarding the retention and removal of video recordings from legislative sessions. Specifically, it requires the director of legislative administrative services to maintain such recordings for a maximum period of ten years. After this time frame, the law obligates the director to remove or ensure the removal of these recordings from any cloud-based servers or video on demand platforms. This bill aims to establish clear guidelines on how long these recordings can be stored, promoting the responsible management of legislative digital resources.

Contention

While the bill appears straightforward, it may raise questions around accessibility and transparency of legislative activities. Some advocates for transparency may argue that a ten-year limitation could restrict access to historical sessions that might be valuable for research, public accountability, or educational purposes. Additionally, there may be discussions around the potential costs and challenges associated with implementing a systematic removal process for the video recordings as mandated by SB168.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB222

Removing liability protections from online platforms and requiring certain wireless communication devices to have a default setting notifying parents of application downloads.

KS SB144

Exempting satellite service and video programming services accessed over the internet from the video competition act.

KS SB229

House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Creating the legislative compensation commission, prescribing powers and duties of the commission and the legislature, establishing the rate of pay for statewide elected officials based on the salary for members of Congress and establishing the rate of pay for judges and justices based on the salary for district judges of the United States.

KS SB291

House Substitute for SB 291 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Transferring all cybsersecurity services under the chief information technology officer of each branch of government, creating chief information security officers within the judicial and legislative branches, requiring a chief information security officer to be appointed by the attorney general, Kansas bureau of investigation, secretary of state, state treasurer and insurance commissioner and requiring the chief information security officers to implement certain minimum cybersecurity standards, requiring the information technology executive council to develop a plan to integrate executive branch information technology services under the executive chief information technology officer, making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, for the office of information technology, Kansas information security office and the adjutant general, authorizing certain transfers and imposing certain limitations and restrictions and directing or authorizing certain disbursements and procedures for all state agencies and requiring legislative review of state agencies not in compliance with this act.

KS HB2237

Authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate within county public right-of-way.

KS SB91

Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit, sales tax exemption and loans and grants to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports on the economic impact of the act.

KS HB2818

Providing for a legislative review process and criteria when considering bills that propose new or additional occupational regulation, requiring the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations to review such bills and authorizing the joint committee to direct regulatory entities or to contract with a consulting firm to provide a report to the legislature to inform the legislature's consideration of such bill.

KS SB559

Preserving child labor protections by requiring a legislative review process when considering bills proposing to reduce or eliminate child labor protections, providing that the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations review such bills and that the secretary of labor provide a report to the legislature to assist the legislature’s consideration of such bills.

KS HB2401

Defining "benefit year" and "temporary unemployment" in the employment security law, allowing the extension of temporary unemployment; requiring electronic report filing by certain employers, permitting discretion in appointments and terms for the temporary employment security board of review, delaying new account formation after certain business acquisitions, requiring the new unemployment insurance system to allow employer reports regarding claimant compliance and authorizing the legislative coordinating council to extend new system implementation deadlines.

KS SB395

Requiring the university of Kansas hospital authority to have prior approval from the legislature or the legislative coordinating council when the legislature is not is session, when purchasing, leasing, trading, exchanging or otherwise acquiring, constructing, repair, remodeling or renovating any real property or facility outside of the state of Kansas.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.