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Hearing on House Bill 2325 / presented by Megan Milner, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections.
No full text"February 14, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, presented by Megan Milner, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections.Testimony in opposition to HB 2325. "The use of detention or confinement should be reserved for those individuals who present the most significant public safety risk. ... HB 2325 now proposes to expand the use of detention to youth who have technical violations. Technical violations include non-compliance with more minor issues that do not amount to a new conviction or public safety issue, such as not paying fines and fees, not completing community service hours, or not maintaining a certain grade point average at school. Many would argue that these are more descriptive of typical teenage behaviors. This bill proposes to detain a youth for these more minor behaviors, while also disconnecting youth from family, support networks, and important mental health or substance abuse services. ... HB 2325 would expand the sentencing matrix for "chronic offenders." ... Currently, these youth can be sentenced to a facility when they are assessed as high risk on the state's risk and needs assessment. HB 2325 would allow these youth to be sentenced to the juvenile correctional facility for lower level, non-person felonies, even when they are low risk. This contradicts the evidence in the field of juvenile justice regarding best practice and what works for the justice-involved population.
Kansas Water Plan Implementation Framework [January 23, 2025] / presented by Julie Lorenz, Principal Consultant, on behalf of the Kansas Water Authority.
No full text"January 2025."
Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, presented by Julie Lorenz, Principal Consultant, on behalf of the Kansas Water Authority.
Presenter's name, committee name, and exact presentation date taken from Kansas Legislature website.Presentation discussing the 5 Guiding Principles and the implementation and outcomes of the 10-Year Kansas Water Plan to address water issues in Kansas, with plan specifics, the funding needed, and specific recommendations to achieve planned goals
Other title: Budget Overview
No full text"February 28, 2025." Presented March 3, 2025.
Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, presented by the Kansas Water Office.
Includes cover memo.Presentation "to provide testimony for the Kansas Water Office (KWO) budget hearing. ... [The] Budget Overview includes information on each of KWO's programs: Water Planning and Implementation and Public Water Supply. In addition, the Budget Overview includes information on each of KWO's State Water Plan Fund projects and programs, including programs for which the Governor and the House of Representatives has recommended additional funding."Agency Overview
Water Planning & Implementation Overview
Kansas Water Authority Overview
Regional Advisory Committees
State Water Plan Fund Overview
FY 2025 & FY 2026 SWPF Recommendations for KWO
Water Quality
Water Quantity/Aquifer
Reservoir
Research & Education
Resiliency
Republican River Water Conservation Projects
Public Water Supply Program Overview
Public Water Supply Program Funds Overvie
Other title: Relating to Increasing Fees Retained by the County Treasurers
No full text"February 11, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Transportation Committee, presented by Joel Skelley, Director of Policy, Kansas Department of Transportation.
Presenter's name taken from Kansas Legislature website.Neutral testimony concerning SB 119. "This bill provides for an increased amount of the annual vehicle registration fees and all certificate of title fees to be retained by the county treasurers. It would direct 3.50 of every certificate of title fee collected be deposited to a special fund which is appropriated for the use of the county treasurer to pay for expenses incidental to the administration of the duties prescribed in law. The language changes proposed in this bill would amount to approximately a $16 million reduction in revenue to the State Highway Fund (SHF) annually.
Other title: House Bill 2028
No full text"February 17, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, presented by Christopher Kennedy, Acting Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
This same testimony was presented before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, by Christopher Kennedy, Acting Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, on March 17, 2025.Neutral testimony concerning HB 2028. "Beginning in 2013, the Legislature authorized the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to sell senior combination hunting and fishing licenses to Kansas residents at a significantly discounted rate. When this authority was granted, however, it was set to "terminate on June 30, 2020." ... The senior combination hunting and fishing licenses are popular among our constituents.
Other titles: Senate Bill 81
No full text"February 11, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Utilities Committee, presented by Rachel Willis, Director of Legislative Affairs, Kansas Department of Commerce.Testimony in opposition to SB 81. "This bill would prohibit large industrial and commercial businesses from receiving certain tariffs or if the large business fails to meet workforce and electric demand requirements from qualifying for economic development electric rates. This would negatively impact Commerce’s business recruitment efforts especially related to data centers. ... Our business recruitment team currently has 14 data center projects in the pipeline, with a potential capital investment of over $15 billion dollars in the state of Kansas, creating 500+ jobs. SB 81 will move us backwards on power costs and end these recruitment efforts. ... We need both strong economic development tools and friendly utility policies to be the most competitive.
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No full text"February 10, 2025."
Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, presented by Marc Altenbernt, General Counsel, Kansas Department for Children and Families, on March 18, 2025.
This same testimony, without attachment, was presented before the Kansas Legislature, House Health and Human Services Committee, by Marc Altenbernt, General Counsel, Kansas Department for Children and Families, on February 10, 2025.
Includes attachment entitled "Legal Tracking Report" dated 3/14/2025.
Committee names are taken from the Kansas Legislature website.Testimony in opposition to "HB 2217, which seeks to expand the scope of the Inspector General to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the Inspector General the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants thereto."
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No full text"3/5/2025."
Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Ways and Means Committee, presented by Secretary Laura Howard, Kansas Department for Children and Families.Presentation giving a comparison of DCF's FY 2025 and FY 2026 Governor's Budget Report (GBR) allocations to House Bill 2007 allocations, showing a base budget shortage for FY 2025 and the DCF top priorities not funded, discussing what those top priorities are, the FY 2026 GBR enhancements and where HB 2007 differs, and giving an overall summary of the FY 2025 and FY 2026 DCF Budget
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No full text"February 12, 2025."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House K-12 Education Budget Committee, presented by Tanya Keys, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Department for Children and Families.
Committee name taken from Kansas Legislature website.Testimony in support of HB 2320, which "provides additional opportunities [for] educational placement for children in the custody of the Secretary by allowing these students to enroll where they reside or are staying to include enrollment in their school of origin, the school district where their placement is located, or where a best interest determination directs their enrollment to occur. ... HB 2320 additionally codifies the need for a transportation plan to be designed when a best interest determination is made that a child is best served in their school of origin. ... As discussed in recent testimony regarding the foster care report card, the gaps between youth experiencing foster care and the all student population continue to narrow in many areas, this bill provides an opportunity to further narrow this gap by ensuring that youth in foster care can access educational services without delay and in the location that is in their best interest without regard to whether a stable placement has yet been identified.
