LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE FOR 2010
SESSION
 | Monday, January 11th
- First day of session |
 | Monday, January 25th
- Last day for member or members to request to have bills drafted. |
 | Monday, February 1st
- Last day for Committees, except House Appropriations, Calendar and
Printing and Taxation, House and Senate Federal and State Affairs, Senate
Ways and Means, or other select committee, when authorized, to REQUEST to
have bills drafted. |
 | Wednesday, February 3rd
- Last day for Individuals to INTRODUCE bills. |
 | Friday, February 5th
- Last day for Committees, except by committees listed above, to
INTRODUCE bills. |
 | Saturday, February 20th (TURNAROUND
DAY)
- Last day to CONSIDER BILLS IN HOUSE OF ORIGIN, except by House
Appropriations, Calendar and Printing and Taxation, House and Senate
Federal and State Affairs, Senate Ways and Means, or other select
committee, when authorized. |
 | Wednesday, March 24th
- Last day to CONSIDER BILLS NOT IN HOUSE OF ORIGIN, except by committees
listed above. |
 | Tuesday, April 6th
- No bills considered after this date except BILLS VETOED BY GOVERNOR,
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND OMNIBUS RECONCILIATIONS SPENDING LIMIT
BILL. |
 | Veto session approximately 2 1/2 weeks after
last day of regular session.. |
 | Sine Die–last day - To be announced
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WILDLIFE
 | HB 2459 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural
Resources
- Would abolish permit requirements and harvest limits for
prairie
rattlesnakes.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2459
01/14/2010 H Introduced
01/15/2010 H Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources -HJ 811
01/20/2010 H Hearing: Wednesday,
1/27/10, 3:30PM, Rm 783 Docking
Meeting Ag & NatRes Subcommittee, Monday 2/1/10, 9
AM, Room 159-S
02/05/2010 H Hearing: Mon., 2/8/2010, 3:30 PM, Rm 783 Docking
This bill did not
make it past Turnaround.
OPPOSITION
WAS RECOMMENDED
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 | HB 2639 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural
Resources
- Would create open season on mountain
lions and wolves in Kansas - no license needed.
Bill as
originally introduced
02/03/2010 H Introduced -HJ 868
02/04/2010 H Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources -HJ 873
02/05/2010 H Hearing: Mon., 2/8/2010,
3:30 PM, Rm
783 Docking
This bill did not
make it past Turnaround.
OPPOSITION
WAS RECOMMENDED
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 | HB 2649 - Bill by
Federal and State Affairs
Designating little bluestem as the state grass of Kansas.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2649
02/04/2010 H Introduced -HJ 872
02/05/2010 H Referred to Federal and State Affairs
02/17/2010 H Hearing: Wed.,
2/24/2010, 1:30 PM, Rm 346-S
02/25/2010 H CR: Be passed & placed on consent calendar by Federal
and State Affairs -HJ 1017
03/01/2010 H Withdrawn from consent calendar; placed on general orders -HJ
1027
03/03/2010 H COW: Be passed -HJ 1035
03/04/2010 H FA: Passed; Yeas 87 Nays 25 -HJ 1039
Yeas: Ballard, Barnes, Benlon, Bethell, Bowers, Brookens, A. Brown,
T. Brown, Brunk, Burroughs, Carlin, Carlson, Colloton, Craft, Crow, Davis,
Dillmore, Feuerborn, Finney, Flaharty, Frownfelter,
Fund, Furtado, Garcia, D. Gatewood, Goyle, Grange, Grant, Henry, Hermanson,
Hill, M. Holmes, Horst, Huebert, Jack, Kelley, Kerschen, Kiegerl, Kuether,
Lane, Loganbill, Long, Lukert, Mah, Maloney,
Mast, McCray-Miller, Meier, Menghini, Myers, Neighbor, O'Neal, Olson,
Otto, Palmer, Patton, Pauls, Peterson, Phelps, Pottorff, Prescott, Proehl,
Quigley, Rardin, Roth, Ruiz, Schroeder, Schwartz,
Seiwert, Slattery, Spalding, Suellentrop, Swanson, Swenson, Tafanelli,
Talia, Tietze, Trimmer, Vickrey, Ward, Wetta, Williams, Winn, B. Wolf, K.
Wolf, Worley, Yoder.
Nays: Aurand, Burgess, Crum, DeGraaf, Donohoe, Faber, S. Gatewood,
Gordon, Hayzlett, Henderson, King, Kinzer, Knox, Landwehr, Light, McLeland,
Morrison, O'Brien, Peck, Rhoades, Schwab, Shultz,
Siegfreid, D. Svaty, Whitham.
Present but not voting: Neufeld, Sloan.
Absent or not voting: Bollier, George, Goico, Hawk, Hineman, C.
Holmes, Johnson, Kleeb, Merrick, Moxley, Powell.
03/04/2010 S Received and introduced -SJ 1129
03/05/2010 S Referred to Federal and State Affairs -SJ 1135
03/09/2010 S CR: Be passed & placed on consent calendar by Federal
and State Affairs -SJ 1148
03/10/2010 S Withdrawn from
consent calendar; placed on general orders -SJ 1155
03/24/2010 S COW: Be passed; EFA: Passed; Yeas 37 Nays 2
Nays: Marshall, Ostmeyer.
Present and Passing: Huelskamp
03/29/2010 H Enrolled and presented to governor -HJ 1309
04/06/2010 Approved by governor -HJ
1382
SUPPORT WAS RECOMMENDED
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 | SRes 1623 - by
Natural Resources
This resolution urges the U.S. Congress to exempt the Flint Hills
tallgrass prairie from any EPA smoke management plan.
Large-scale pasture burning in the Flint Hills has repeatedly caused
serious air quality problems in Wichita and Kansas City. While
periodic burns are essential to preserve a healthy tallgrass prairie
ecosystem, the regime of burning everything every year that has
become the norm in the Flint Hills since ~1980 is excessive and ought to
be dialed back to where any given pasture is burned only every 2 or 3
years. Also, what is considered the ideal window for burning (first
two weeks of April) should be widened both earlier and later.
By reducing the frequency of burning and spreading out burning over a
longer calendar period, the potential for smoke to cause problems in urban
areas could be much reduced. This resolution falsely maintains that
burning everything every year is normal and natural. It is not.
The amended version of the resolution asks EPA to not punish cities for
spikes in air pollution caused by pasture burns in the Flint Hills, which
is reasonable, but did not delete the language which mischaracterizes
current burning practices as normal and natural, which is just not true.
It even took that one step further and said existing practices should be
considered "best management burn practices". Our recommendation to
oppose this resolution stands.
Text of the resolution
Amended version
Supplemental note
for amended version
01/25/2010 S Introduced -SJ 948
01/26/2010 S Referred to Natural Resources -SJ 951
Hearing
Thursday, Feb. 25, 8:30 AM, Room 144-S
03/03/2010 S Hearing: 3/04/2010, Thur., 8:20 am, Rm 144-S;
Hearing: 3/11/2010, Thur., 8:20
am, Rm 144-S
03/17/2010 S CR: Be adptd as amended by Natural Resources -SJ 1208
03/18/2010 S COW: CR be adptd; be adptd as am.; EFA: Adopted as am.;
Yeas 40 Nays 0 -SJ 1222
03/19/2010 H Received and introduced -HJ 1161
03/22/2010 H Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources -HJ 1187
03/23/2010 H CR: Be adopted by Agriculture and Natural Resources -HJ
1238
03/24/2010 H COW: Be adopted -HJ 1256
03/29/2010 H FA: Adptd; Yeas 115 Nays 4 -HJ 1306
Nays: Dillmore, Kelley, Lane, Morrison.
Absent or not voting: Bollier, Fund, Hawk, Johnson, Rhoades, Seiwert.
04/05/2010 S Enrolled -SJ 1374
OPPOSITION
WAS RECOMMENDED |
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WATER-RELATED
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HB 2428 - Bill by Vision 2020
- The original bill levied a tax
on drinking water obtained from surface water, to be used for studying the
causes and effects of sedimentation of lakes, and funding of
efforts to prevent or ameliorate sedimentation.
The bill was tabled in committee and a
substitute version was created that
would enable a variety of activities by different state agencies regarding
public water supply lakes, streambank stabilization projects, etc.
These may each be good things to do, but they do not address the problem
of lake sedimentation in any substantive way.
Bill as
originally introduced
Substitute
Version
Fiscal Note for original version
Supplemental Note
for Substitute Version
01/12/2010 H Introduced -HJ 798
01/13/2010 H Referred to Vision 2020 -HJ 806; Hearing: Wednesday, 1/20/2010,
1:30 PM, Rm.785 Docking
02/19/2010 H Withdrawn from Vision 2020; Referred to Federal and State
Affairs -HJ 989
02/26/2010 H Withdrawn from Federal and State Affairs; Rereferred to
Vision 2020
03/16/2010 H CR: Substitute be passed by Vision 2020 -HJ 1135;
Substitute introduced & placed on General Orders -HJ 1135
03/22/2010 H COW: CR recommending sub. bill be adptd; Sub. be passed -HJ
1196
03/23/2010 H FA: Passed; Yeas 92 Nays 30 -HJ 1225
03/23/2010 S Received and introduced -SJ 1239
03/24/2010 S Referred to Natural Resources
This bill is "blessed" and can carry over to the 2011 session of the
legislature.
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 | HB 2493 - Bill by Appropriations
This bill would eliminate the dam inspection program
of the state Department of Agriculture. If it passes it could
jeopardize nearly 1/2 million dollars in FEMA funding for Kansas.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2493
01/20/2010 H Introduced -HJ 817
01/21/2010 H Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources -HJ 823
01/29/2010 H Hearing: Mon., 2/1/2010, 3:30 PM, Rm 783 Docking
02/19/2010 H Hearing: Wed.,
2/24/2010, 3:30 PM, Rm 783 Docking
This bill is "blessed" and can carry over to the 2011 session of the
legislature.
OPPOSITION
RECOMMENDED
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 | HB 2565 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural
Resources
Conservation exception for nonuse of water rights.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2565
01/28/2010 H Introduced -HJ 842
01/29/2010 H Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources
02/05/2010 H Hearing: Thurs., 2/11/2010, 3:30 PM, Rm 783 Docking
This bill did not
make it past Turnaround.
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 | SB 510 - Bill by Agriculture
Creating a conservation use water right.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 510
02/02/2010 S Introduced -SJ 975
02/03/2010 S Referred to Natural Resources -SJ 985
02/11/2010 S Hearing: 2/17/2010, Wed., 8:30 am, Rm 144-S
Withdrawn from Natural Resources -SJ 1013; Referred to Ways and Means
-SJ 1013
02/15/2010 S Withdrawn from Ways and Means -SJ 1025; Rereferred to
Natural Resources -SJ 1025
SUPPORT RECOMMENDED |
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ENERGY-RELATED
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HB 2418 - Bill by Joint Committee on
Administrative Rules and Regulations
-Directs the
KCC to develop rules and regulations for underground storage of CO2 and
absolves the KCC from any future liability for problems resulting from such
storage
Bill as originally introduced
Bill as amended in House Judiciary Comm.
Bill as amended in Senate Judiciary Comm.
Fiscal Note for 2418
Supplemental Note for 2418
01/11/2010 H Introduced -HJ 790
01/12/2010 H Referred to Judiciary -HJ 800
01/13/2010 H Hearing: Wed., 1/20/2010, 3:30 PM, Rm. 346-S
01/29/2010 H CR: Be passed as amended by Judiciary
02/04/2010 H COW: CR be adptd; be passed as amended -HJ 877;
Engrossed
02/08/2010 H FA: Passed as amended.; Yeas 119 Nays 0 -HJ 888
02/08/2010 S Received and introduced -SJ 995
02/09/2010 S Referred to Judiciary -SJ 1000
Hearing:
3/02/2010, Tuesday, 9:30 am, Rm 548-S
03/04/2010 S CR: Be passed as amended by Judiciary -SJ 1130
03/10/2010 S FA: Passed as am.; Yeas 40 Nays 0 -SJ 1155
03/19/2010 H Concurred; Yeas 122 Nays 0 -HJ 1167
03/22/2010 H Reengrossed -HJ 1219
03/29/2010 H Enrolled and presented to gov. -HJ 1309
04/06/2010 Approved by governor -HJ
1382
SUPPORT WAS RECOMMENDED
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HB 2419 - Bill by Energy and Utilities
- Enables
utilities to partner with customers for the installation of renewable energy
production and storage facilities and to include such facilities in their
rate base. It specifies that if a utility enters into such contracts, a minimum
of 10% must be with low-income customers.
Bill as originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2419
01/12/2010 H Introduced -HJ 797
01/13/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 806
01/27/2010 H Hearing: Thursday,
2/4/2010, 9:15AM, Rm 785 Docking
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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HB 2420 - Bill by Energy and Utilities
- Would allow
utilities to include costs of energy efficiency programs in their rate base,
but requires an independent 3rd party audit of such programs
annually. If the audit does not show a positive net benefit to customers on a
3-year basis, the costs will be disallowed from the rate base.
Bill as originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2420
01/12/2010 H Introduced -HJ 797
01/13/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 806
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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HB 2421 - Bill by Energy and Utilities
- Mandates engineering programs at regents schools be required to evaluate “any
innovative renewable or distributive energy generation technology, or innovative
energy transmission technology, patented by a Kansas resident” when requested to
do so by the Kansas technology enterprise corporation, the Kansas bioscience
authority, the KCC or the secretary of KDHE.
Bill as originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2421
01/12/2010 H Introduced -HJ 797
01/13/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 806
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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HB 2422 -
Bill by Energy and Utilities
Creates a
Kansas Energy Science Authority, an 11-member appointed Board similar in
function to the state bioscience authority but focusing on development of
in-state energy technologies. It would be funded by an assessment on electric
and gas utilities.
Bill as originally introduced
01/12/2010 H Introduced -HJ 797
01/13/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 806
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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HB 2488 - Bill
by Local Government
State agencies and political subdivisions; facility conservation improvements.
Bill as originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2488
01/20/2010 H Introduced -HJ 817
01/21/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 823
01/27/2010 H Hearing: Wednesday,
2/3/2010, 9:15AM, Rm 785 Docking
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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 | HB 2552 - Bill by
Pottorff, McCray-Miller
Midwest interstate passenger rail compact.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2552
Supplemental Note for 2552
01/27/2010 H Introduced -HJ 836
01/28/2010 H Referred to Transportation -HJ 842
02/03/2010 H Hearing: Tues., 2/9/2010, 1:30 PM, Rm 783 Docking
02/17/2010 H CR: Be passed by Transportation -HJ 956
02/18/2010 H COW: Be passed -HJ 982
02/19/2010 H FA: Passed; Yeas 112 Nays 10
Nays: Aurand, A. Brown, Carlson, Faber, Kinzer, Olson, Peck, Powell,
Schwab, Siegfreid.
02/24/2010 S Received and introduced -SJ 1100
02/25/2010 S Referred to Transportation -SJ 1105
03/03/2010 S Hearing: 3/09/2010,
Tues., 8:30 am, Rm 152-S
03/09/2010 S CR: Be passed by Transportation -SJ 1148
03/11/2010 S COW: Be passed -SJ 1176; EFA: Passed; Yeas 38 Nays 2 -SJ
1183
Nays: Pilcher-Cook, Pyle
03/16/2010 H Enrolled and presented to governor -HJ 1135
03/24/2010 Approved by governor
SUPPORT WAS RECOMMENDED
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 | HB 2624 - Bill by
Energy and Utilities
Concerning construction of new school buildings.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2624
02/03/2010 H Introduced -HJ 859
02/04/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 873
02/05/2010 H Hearing: Tues.,
2/09/2010, 9:00 AM, Rm 785 Docking
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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HB 2625 - Bill by Energy and
Utilities
Concerning energy conservation measures.
Bill as
originally introduced
Fiscal Note for 2625
02/03/2010 H Introduced -HJ 860
02/04/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 873
02/05/2010 H Hearing: Wed.,
2/10/2010, 9:00 AM, Rm 785 Docking
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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 | HB 2662 - Bill by
Energy and Utilities
- This is a statewide siting law for wind farms. It specifies
minimum setback, prior notification, environmental impact analysis,
financing requirements and
decommissioning rules. It requires approval by the county commissions of
every county a wind farm is to be located in.
Bill as originally introduced
02/05/2010 H Introduced -HJ 882
02/08/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 886
02/09/2010 H Hearing: Fri., 2/12/2010, 9:00AM, Rm 785 Docking
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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 | HB 2663 - Bill by
Energy and Utilities
Concerning cities and counties and the creation of energy management
districts.
Bill as originally introduced
Bill as amended in House Energy & Utillities Comm.
Fiscal Note for 2663
Supplemental Note for 2663
02/05/2010 H Introduced -HJ 882
02/08/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 886
02/09/2010 H Hearing: Thurs., 2/11/2010, 9:00AM, Rm 785 Docking
02/15/2010 H CR: Be passed as amended by Energy and Utilities -HJ
927
This bill
did not make it past Turnaround.
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 | HB 2681 - by Committee
on Appropriations.
An act establishing the passenger rail service program; providing for
powers and duties of the secretary of transportation; establishing the
passenger rail service revolving fund.
Bill as originally
introduced
Fiscal Note for 2681
02/09/2010 H Introduced -HJ 899
02/10/2010 H Referred to Transportation -HJ 902
This bill is "blessed" and can carry over to the 2011 session of the
legislature.
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 | HB 2729 - by Committee
on Appropriations
This bill is equivalent to the amended version of HB
2663, which did not make it past Turnaround. It enables cities
and counties to set up energy management districts and issue special
obligation bonds to finance energy conservation and renewable energy
improvements by residences as well as commercial and industrial
facilities. It is being referred to as PARE (Property Assessed
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act).
Bill as originally
introduced
Bill as amended in the
House E&U committee
Supplemental Note for 2729
Fiscal Note for 2729
03/04/2010 H Introduced -HJ 1037
03/05/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 1061
03/10/2010 H CR: Be passed as amended by Energy and Utilities -HJ
1082
03/17/2010 H COW: CR be adptd; be passed as am. -HJ 1140; Engrossed
03/18/2010 H FA: Passed as am.; Yeas 72 Nays 52 -HJ 1153
Yeas: Ballard, Barnes, Benlon, Bethell, Bollier, T. Brown, Burgess,
Burroughs, Carlin, Colloton, Crow, Davis, Dillmore, Feuerborn, Finney,
Flaharty, Frownfelter, Furtado, Garcia, D. Gatewood, S. Gatewood, George,
Goyle, Grant, Hawk, Henderson, Henry, Hill, C. Holmes, Horst, Kleeb,
Kuether, Lane, Light, Loganbill, Long, Lukert, Mah, Maloney,
McCray-Miller, Meier, Menghini, Moxley, Neighbor, Otto, Palmer, Pauls,
Peterson, Phelps, Prescott, Quigley, Rardin, Roth, Ruiz, Schwab, Shultz,
Slattery, Sloan, Spalding, D. Svaty, Swenson, Talia, Tietze, Trimmer,
Ward, Wetta, Williams, Winn, B. Wolf, K. Wolf, Worley, Yoder.
Nays: Aurand, Bowers, Brookens, A. Brown, Brunk, Carlson, Craft,
Crum, DeGraaf, Donohoe, Faber, Fund, Goico, Gordon, Grange, Hayzlett,
Hermanson, Hineman, M. Holmes, Huebert, Jack, Kelley, Kerschen, Kiegerl,
King, Kinzer, Knox, Landwehr, Mast, McLeland, Merrick, Morrison, Myers,
Neufeld, O’Brien, O’Neal, Olson, Patton, Peck, Pottorff, Powell, Proehl,
Rhoades, Schroeder, Schwartz, Seiwert, Siegfreid, Suellentrop, Swanson,
Tafanelli, Vickrey, Whitham.
Absent or not voting: Johnson.
03/18/2010 S Received and introduced -SJ 1212
03/19/2010 S Referred to
Utilities
This bill is "blessed" and can carry over to the 2011 session of the
legislature.
SUPPORT RECOMMENDED
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 | SB 409 - Bill by Ways and Means
Establishing the passenger rail service program.
Bill as originally
introduced
Fiscal Note for 409
Supplemental Note for 409
01/21/2010 S Introduced -SJ 936
01/22/2010 S Referred to Transportation -SJ 945
02/15/2010 S CR: Be passed by Transportation -SJ 1026
02/17/2010 S COW: Be passed -SJ 1053
02/18/2010 S FA: Passed; Yeas 37 Nays 3 -SJ 1060
Nays: Huelskamp, Pilcher-Cook, Pyle.
02/18/2010 H Received and introduced -HJ 980
02/19/2010 H Referred to Transportation -HJ 989
02/24/2010 H Hearing: Wed.,
3/3/2010, 1:30 PM, Rm
783 Docking
03/05/2010 H CR: Be passed by Transportation -HJ 1062
03/10/2010 H COW: Be passed -HJ 1080
03/11/2010 H FA: Passed; Yeas 115 Nays 5 -HJ 1094
Nays: A. Brown, Carlson, Donohoe, Faber, Kinzer.
Absent or not voting: Aurand, George, Johnson, Pottorff, Winn.
03/15/2010 S Enrolled and presented to governor -SJ 1193
03/24/2010
Approved by governor
SUPPORT WAS RECOMMENDED
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HRes 5022 - Concurrent Resolution by
Federal and State Affairs
- This is basically taken verbatim from U.S. Chamber of Commerce talking
points on Global Climate Change. It denies the worldwide consensus on
Climate Science while also conveniently overlooking the immense positive
economic potential benefits to Kansas from moving towards a Clean Energy Future.
Text of the resolution
04/01/2009 H Introduced -HJ 486
04/02/2009 H Referred to COW -HJ 518
OPPOSITION RECOMMENDED
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HRes 6005 - Resolution by Energy and
Utilities
- Seeks to set out measurable goals on renewable energy, efficiency,
transmission, research, retrofit of existing generating plants, job growth and
utility cost containment for consumers.
Text of resolution as read into the House Journal
01/12/2010 H Introduced -HJ 800
01/13/2010 H Referred to Energy and Utilities -HJ 806
01/20/2010 H Hearing: Mon., 1/25/2010, 9:15AM, Rm 785 Docking
SUPPORT RECOMMENDED |
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SRes 1805
- Resolution by Utilities
- This is somewhat like HRes 5022. (see
above) While it does more than 5022 to try to get the economic signals
on carbon done correctly, it still advocates that Kansas and the U.S. should do
nothing to address Global Climate Change unless first the entire world agrees to
do likewise.
Text of resolution as read into the Senate Journal
01/20/2010 S Introduced -SJ 934
01/21/2010 S Referred to Utilities -SJ 908; Hearing: 1/28/2010, Thur., 1:30
pm,Rm 548-S
OPPOSITION RECOMMENDED |
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