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House Judiciary committee amends, approves Senate Bill 30 to expand fingerprinting authority
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Summary
The House Committee on Judiciary on March 13 amended and passed Senate Bill 30, adding the attorney general and the state bank commissioner to provisions related to fingerprinting and advancing the measure out of committee.
The House Committee on Judiciary on March 13 amended Senate Bill 30 to add the attorney general and the state bank commissioner to provisions related to fingerprinting and then voted to pass the bill favorably out of committee.
The amendment, which also references the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and included a request to allow the Department of Labor to be included in the fingerprinting procedures, was offered during a continuation of work on the bill from an earlier session. Representative Williams moved to amend the bill; Representative Williams then moved that the committee pass SB 30 as amended, and Representative Ward seconded the passage motion.
The change adds the bank commissioner and the attorney general to the bill’s list of entities with fingerprinting authority or access and explicitly ties the bill to KBI procedures, according to the discussion recorded by committee staff. Representative Osman said caucus members had discussed the amendment with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation but that the committee lacked a full understanding of how the measure would affect operations and that she would feel more comfortable hearing the attorney general’s perspective. Representative Carmichael said his preliminary review suggested the attorney general legitimately needs the additional authority and that the amendment likely reflected existing practice, but he said he regretted that the attorney general’s office had not provided substantive testimony.
Chairwoman Humphreys closed debate on the amendment and called the voice vote; the committee adopted the amendment and then voted, by voice, to pass Senate Bill 30 favorably for passage as amended. A roll-call tally was not recorded in the committee transcript; Representative Carmichael asked that his aye be recorded.
Committee members noted they will return Monday to work a backlog of bills. The committee then opened a separate hearing on SCR 16-11.
The bill text, further department impacts, the attorney general’s formal position and any fiscal notes were not stated on the record during the portion of the meeting devoted to SB 30 and were not specified in the transcript.
