Kansas House introduces dozens of bills on education, water, taxation and transportation; committee reports filed

The Kansas House of Representatives on the floor session recorded introductions for dozens of bills on subjects including education, water, taxation, transportation, agriculture and emergency communications, and received committee reports recommending amendment or placement of bills on the consent calendar. The House then agreed to adjourn until Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m.

The clerk read bill introductions numbering HB 2102 through HB 2138 and HCR 5008. The bills and the subject language read into the record included (verbatim as read by the clerk): HB 2102 (education); HB 2103 (education); HB 2104 (education); HB 2105 (roads and highways); HB 2106 (campaign finance); HB 2107 (utilities); HB 2108 (energy); HB 2109 (law enforcement); HB 2110 (emergency communication services); HB 2111 (water); HB 2112 (water); HB 2113 (water); HB 2114 (water); HB 2115 (firearms); HB 2116 (municipalities); HB 2117 (business entities); HB 2118 (consumer protection); HB 2119 (taxation); HB 2120 (real property disposition); HB 2121 (motor vehicles); HB 2122 (motor vehicles); HB 2123 (labor and employment); HB 2124 (roads and highways); HB 2125 (sales and compensating use tax); HB 2126 (sales taxation); HB 2127 (firearms); HB 2128 (insurance); HB 2129 (education); HB 2130 (retirement and pensions); HB 2131 (crimes, punishment and criminal procedure); HB 2132 (children and minors); HB 2133 (property taxation); HB 2134 (Open Records Act); HB 2135 (agriculture); HB 2136 (education); HB 2137 (school buses); HB 2138 (education); and HCR 5008 (proposed amendment to Article 2 of the Kansas Constitution).

Many bills were identified by requester in the reading: for example, HB 2102 and HB 2103 were listed as by the Committee on Education and requested by Representative Chauncey and Representative Mosher respectively; HB 2105 was recorded as requested by Representative Bloom through the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs; HB 2111 and HB 2114 were recorded as requested on behalf of the Kansas Department of Agriculture; HB 2110 was recorded as requested by Sherry Massey, executive director of the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council; HB 2122 was recorded as requested by Zach Denny on behalf of the Department of Revenue; and other bills were recorded as requested by named representatives, committees or outside requesters as read into the record by the clerk. Where the clerk read “on behalf of” another party, that phrasing is reflected in the clerk’s reading.

The clerk also read reports from standing committees. As read into the record: “The Committee on Elections recommends HB 2020 be amended and the bill be passed as amended. The Committee on Taxation recommends HB 2004 be passed. And because the committee is of the opinion that the bill is of a non controversial nature be placed on the consent calendar.” (Clerk reading of committee reports as recorded in the transcript.) The reading placed at least one bill on the consent calendar based on the committee’s characterization of that bill as noncontroversial.

Following the introductions and announcements, the majority leader moved that the House adjourn to meet again Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m. The motion was agreed to by voice vote; the clerk recorded the ayes and the House was adjourned.

No floor debate on the introduced bills, no formal committee floor votes on the bills listed, and no roll-call votes on individual bills were recorded in the portion of the transcript provided. Where the clerk’s reading identified a bill subject but did not supply further detail, that detail is listed here as “not specified” in the accompanying structured fields.

The session included additional procedural announcements and member remarks (for example, welcomes to visiting students and notices of committee room changes) that were read on the floor but did not contain substantive legislative debate or final actions on the bills introduced during the clerk’s reading.