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

	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
	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
	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
	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

	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.
	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
	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.
	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

	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
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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
	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
	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

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

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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HB 2426 - Bill by Vision 2020 - Would increase ad valorem taxes on property reclassified from agricultural use to other uses, with the proceeds from such going to a fund administered by the State Conservation Commission (SCC), dedicated to purchasing conservation easements.   Bill as originally introduced     Fiscal Note for 2426 01/12/2010 H Introduced - HJ 798

HB 2431 - Bill by Vision 2020 - Another effort to fund conservation easements by the SCC, this time by voluntary donation of money from individuals entities or businesses up to a certain percent of their annual real property tax.  Donors would be able to write off 10% of their donation on their income taxes.   Bill as originally introduced    Fiscal Note for 2431 01/12/2010 H Introduced - HJ 798 01/13/2010 H Referred to Taxation - HJ 806 This bill is "blessed" and can carry over to the 2011 session of the legislature.