2008 League News #2

It was a quiet week at the Kansas legislature with the highlight of the week, at least from a city perspective, being the very successful City Hall Day at the Capitol on Thursday, January 24th. While few bills have been heard in committee so far this year, the pace will quickly increase over the next couple of weeks. Please stay tuned as we anticipate that it will be a very interesting session indeed.

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1) Legislative Activities-January 22-25, 2008

(1) Legislative Activities-January 28-February 1, 2008
Monday, January 28
Time	Committee	Location	Bill No.	Topic	Activity
9:15	H,EU	DSOB #783		The 2007 KETA report, Mary Galligan, Kansas Legislative Research	Possible briefing
9:30	S,Ju	123-S	SB 48	Municipal court, accused person's competency to stand trial, mental health evaluation	Final action
9:30	S,Ju	123-S	SB 301	Criminal procedure, expungement	Final action
3:30	H,EDT	519-S		Update on disaster relief by Steve Weatherford of KDFA
	H,Ju	313-S	HB 2545	Controlled substances, ecstacy and certain meth substances a felony	Hearing
	H,Ju	313-S	SB 366	Traffic citations; methods of giving notice of failure to comply	Action
Tuesday, January 29
Time	Committee	Location	Bill No.	Topic	Activity
8:30	S,Com	123-S	SB 438	Job security for volunteer firefighters	Hearing
9:15	H,EU	DSOB #783	HB 2632	Energy efficiency, conservation and demand management programs at the KCC	Hearing
9:30	S,Ju	123-S	SB 427	No statute of limitations for certain sex offenses	Hearing
			SB 429	Crimes; battery on a firefighter	Hearing
			SB 430	Aggravated criminal threat, penalty	Hearing
10:30	S,FSA	526-S	SB 454	Municipalites; consolidation and reorganization; political and taxing subdivision	Hearing
10:30	S,FSA	526-S	SB 457	Political and taxing subdivisions; budgets; filing electronically	Hearing
3:30	H,EDT	519-S		Update on activities and proposed legislation - Dept. of Wildlife & Parks
	H,Ju	313-S	HB 2618	Administrative procedure amendments	Hearing
	H,Ju	313-S	HB 2619	Change of Judge in civil cases	Hearing
Wednesday, January 30
Time	Committee	Location	Bill No.	Topic	Activity
9:00	H,Tax	519-S	HB 2467	Income tax credit for property taxes paid by taxpayers who are 65 years of age or older	Hearing
9:00	H,Tax	519-S	HB 2520	Liability for taxes and other expenses related to conversion of lands into condominiums	Hearing
9:15	H,EU	DSOB #783		Individual Net Metering for Solar and Wind Energy, Bill Smalley	Briefing
10:30	S,FSA	526-S	Sub HB 2562	Veterans preference law revision	Hearing
1:30	H,VMHS	DSOB #784		Presentation by Major General Tod Bunting, Kansas National Guard: Lessons learned from the 2007 disasters at Greensburg and Coffeyville
3:30	H,EDT	123-S		Joint meeting with Senate Commerce regarding Kansas Tourism Initiative
	H,Ju	313-S	HB 2642	Commission on judicial performance; access to court records; immunity from liability	Hearing
			HB 2643	Resolving a conflict between two statutes concerning service of process for garnishment on insurance companies	Hearing
			HB 2644	Revises sections of the guardianship and conservator act concerning the procedure for appointing a guardian or conservator	Hearing
Thursday, January 31
Time	Committee	Location	Bill No.	Topic	Activity
10:30	S,AT	519-S		Estimated "Slider" payments to local units-KDOR	Report
1:30	H,FSA	313-S	HB 2053	Licensure of child care facilities by cities, counties and school districts	Hearing
1:30	H,Gen. Gov. Budget Comm.	531-N		Tour Capitol Complex for capital improvement projects, meeting at the rotunda center 1st floor at 1:30
3:30	H,Ju	313-S	HB 2617	Mandatory implied consent for serious and fatality accidents	Action
Friday, February 1
Time	Committee	Location	Bill No.	Topic	Activity
9:00	H,Tax	519-S	HB 2640	Income tax credits for business capital investment in a city substantially damaged by disaster.	Further Discussion

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