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Joint Commerce committee to go paperless; Department of Commerce introduces tourism cleanup bill RS0140
Summary
The joint House and Senate Commerce committee adopted a paperless meeting practice for both chambers, scheduled upcoming joint hearings, and accepted a House introduction of RS0140, described as a tourism cleanup bill by the Department of Commerce legislative director.
Chairman Sean Tarwater told joint committee members that Senate meetings will be paperless and asked House members to bring laptops; House staff confirmed the same practice for the House side.
Rachel Willis, legislative director for the Kansas Department of Commerce, stepped to the podium and announced an introduction: "RS 0140," described in the meeting record as the department’s tourism cleanup bill. Willis stated the measure would be introduced in the House. The chair asked for objections and, "seeing no objection, we'll accept it," according to the meeting transcript; no roll-call vote or tally was recorded.
Tarwater and staff also reviewed the committee's near-term schedule: a joint meeting on Thursday to hear from Network Kansas and a K‑State 105 presentation; a rescheduled joint meeting to receive a Legislative Post Audit briefing and discuss Department of Commerce pre-employment screening and economic-development transparency; and a later meeting (noted around the 27th) to discuss Kansas’s economic-development ranking. The committee adjourned with no further recorded action.
The paperless policy and scheduling items are administrative but change how members will receive materials. The acceptance of RS 0140 signals the Department of Commerce's plan to pursue a tourism-related cleanup bill in the House; the transcript does not provide text or further substantive details of RS 0140.
