Judiciary conference revisers summarize bills headed to conference; multiple bills await action or further review

Committee staff and revisers provided conference members with an overview of bills currently in or potentially moving into conference committee, highlighting differences between House and Senate language and noting which measures still await action by either chamber.

Jason Thompson, a legislative reviser, walked members through the first bills on the list, beginning with Senate Bill 30, a fingerprinting and background-check measure. “Alright. So senate bill 30 is the first 1 on here. This is a fingerprinting and background check bill,” Thompson said, and explained the House had added provisions that would add the attorney general, the state gaming agency and the state bank commissioner to the list of entities authorized to receive certain records from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and clarified references to K.S.A. 22-4714 for background checks. Thompson also told members that some Senate bills had not yet been concurred or nonconcurred by the other chamber and therefore might appear in a later…