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The presiding chair asked for questions or objections; none were recorded in the transcript excerpt and the chair said, “Consider it accepted.” No additional discussion or formal vote on the measure is recorded in the provided excerpt.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Committee on Federal and State Affairs 03/11/2025","oneSentenceSummary","A minority leader introduced RS1785 to modernize the Kansas Act Against Discrimination to include sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and veteran status; the committee accepted the introduction without objection in the transcript excerpt.","taxTitle","Senate, Committees, Legislative, Kansas","taxId",15103,"location","Kansas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6642654,"Committee hears HB2332 to establish official seal for Kansas House of Representatives",299,1000,300000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2539396-2e98840bfd8b282851811dc3bc9ec867&start=1&end=300","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2539396-2e98840bfd8b282851811dc3bc9ec867/thumbnail_1000.jpg","/articles/6642654/Kansas/Committee-hears-HB2332-to-establish-official-seal-for-Kansas-House-of-Representatives","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6642654-8a793145edad7163c6b79ae93d3162a6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770452844&Signature=ZWzmxjyPKBa9O0wFUWExiKaQv1o9y-M-fBo77tGtqiqkOMbMreB~oCXKjau4Jgl~L~se0n0XOITHjTbWElyObSg1D0Q039iDgx2VJX8abj0tcs4gqhR~7VjGpN4VEbxS~xHwb~zWGM5M2zNrjLfVBpvzcdRXcywb382B7n0Iji8s7xQJPwk0YFmA7PBYu6ES9x~Vx~Ye9BgrC6pUloDhatqp8PpgCYt29joegfhmyL9k~YUz9C9XicBpHy3akiFGMtn8PzTgTJv~wpo-sV~iTNVG1xC1AHImwTG1ZIEKxIDQRWq4QxjwdnQedRG3TG1uxeFDSmeGicoeec~sl3FJYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee opened a hearing on HB2332, a bill to establish an official seal of the Kansas House of Representatives and to specify custody and authorized uses of that seal.

Mike Haim of the Revisor of Statutes’ office summarized the bill for the committee, saying it would define the seal, establish it as the official seal of the House and direct that the seal be kept in the office of the Speaker and used to attest official House documents and other purposes approved by the Speaker.

Representative Estes said he discovered the House had never formally adopted a seal in statute even though a seal appears on the chamber podium and on other House materials. Estes said he had requested an amendment to clarify that the seal “be able to be used by all members of the House and only members of the House.” He told the committee, “I promised you this would be the shortest testimony ever.”

Representative Clayton asked about the design’s origin and whether the committee could receive documentation on who designed the seal. Clayton said he had seen similar seals produced by a commercial vendor and wanted assurance the design was local to Kansas. Estes said his understanding was that a previous representative—he cited Representative Hutton—had used the seal on a podium and that he would look into the provenance and provide material to the committee before a vote.

Representative Reese asked whether authorization to use the seal would extend only to sitting members or be perpetual. Estes said he left that question to the committee’s will but indicated a preference that official letterhead and similar uses be limited to sitting members.

No written opponents or neutral positions were reported in the transcript excerpt. The committee did not record a vote on HB2332 in the provided transcript.","A short hearing on HB2332 proposed establishing and codifying a seal for the Kansas House of Representatives, designating the Speaker’s office as custodian and limiting official use to members of the House, with sponsors vowing to provide design provenance before a vote.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6642660,"Senate efficiency committee hears SB13 to remove legacy filing requirements at secretary of state",514,359000,873000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2539396-2e98840bfd8b282851811dc3bc9ec867&start=359&end=873","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2539396-2e98840bfd8b282851811dc3bc9ec867/thumbnail_359000.jpg","/articles/6642660/Kansas/Senate-efficiency-committee-hears-SB13-to-remove-legacy-filing-requirements-at-secretary-of-state","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6642660-420edb64c6c7e7d6b3d628c02951e429/orig.mp4?Expires=1770452844&Signature=lVLrhzwvxfEU7iiXYu8PsltM8T0CiiHLNrdsCT4r3a1cG1WQaekCcN7NoQP-cYdTdaZ72umOfYbm9pt1rUylDRQTg75D0qdtcjTGu5M4EdrTdrnYKmlRtKZU-4~xqUIR6~pQSsI716Zw2y3Ui6HjzIXESgAMX-711-5FVUOotv7iWDIb4G6X2ItGUIJoHtD7Y~okDnnBVPxgtx58FKM-gZ6vSlDBsAgV8P-OMASgnsVqq8I5V21pcHw4-3X74IFUAmYgdNPBqQUmL7AN7RBDQ285A-rnIXyuD59W4xLVU81xzBdZwRx4~m~WmTzl0i99SF3I6VjpI7M-76LWNy5szg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kansas Senate Efficiency Committee held a hearing on SB13, a bill sponsored by the Secretary of State’s office that would eliminate a variety of legacy filing requirements currently directed to the Secretary of State’s office.

Supporters told the committee the bill would amend 12 statutes and repeal 11 statutory filing requirements that they say are redundant or unused. Clay Barker, general counsel for the Kansas Secretary of State, described the measure as Secretary Schwab’s top legislative priority for the year and said the removals would save the office both IT and staff time.

Barker said the change would free about 400 hours of one-time IT programming time and roughly 50 staff hours per year by removing low-value filings from the Secretary of State’s processing and database requirements. He told the committee that many of the filings exist for historical reasons from a pre-internet era when the Secretary of State’s office in the statehouse served as a central public records location.

Barker outlined categories targeted by SB13: reciprocal university agreements filed with the Board of Regents, annual tax-abatement reports from the Department of Revenue, copies of river easements filed with the Kansas Water Office and county registers of deeds, bonded-warehouse licensing that dates to a 1927 requirement, and annual union filings and constitutions that duplicate federal filings. Barker said agencies on the receiving end retain records and that members of the public generally go to the issuing office for such documents.

“People go to the issuing office, and that office will have a copy of all this,” Barker said. He also quoted a passage he attributed to former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels to describe the intent: “you can't carve fat out of government the way you can carve fat off a steak. It's more like marbled meat.”

Committee members asked whether the changes were initiated by external requests or internal review. Barker said the office compiled a spreadsheet of statute references—about 1,000 lines—and flagged items that appeared unnecessary, then checked with the agencies on the other side of the filings. He said the package was driven in part by the immediate IT programming cost of maintaining the filings in the Secretary of State’s systems.

Representative Wagner asked whether the groups affected had approached the office or if the office initiated the review. Barker replied the office prepared the list internally and contacted corresponding entities to confirm whether the filings remained necessary.

Representative Sanders asked whether the information would remain available if it were removed from the Secretary of State’s files. Barker replied that the documents would still be available at the issuing offices or the county register of deeds and that often the Secretary of State’s role in keeping those copies is a legacy requirement.

Barker gave several quantitative examples included in the hearing record: the bill would amend 12 statutes and repeal 11; bonded-warehouse licensing once applied to several hundred warehouses but now about 11 remain; and the current licensing fee cited for warehouses is $25. Barker and the Revisor of Statutes’ staff said the Secretary of State’s office had discussed the changes with the counterpart agencies and that unions and other filers supported removing redundant state filings.

Committee staff reported no written proponents, opponents or neutrals on the bill at the time of the hearing. The committee closed the hearing on SB13 with no formal vote recorded at that time.

The committee scheduled further business; no final action on SB13 was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.","The Kansas Senate Efficiency Committee held a hearing on SB13, Secretary of State Schwab's package to remove a set of legacy filing requirements. Proponents said the changes would save IT programming time and staff hours and that the records would remain available at the issuing agencies.","actionData","errors"]

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