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Votes at a glance: House floor actions, March 6
Summary
Summary of bills that received final action or formal disposition during the March 6 House session, including roll-call tallies where recorded in the transcript.
The Kansas House recorded final action or formal disposition on several bills during the March 6 session. The transcript includes roll-call tallies for several measures and committee referrals for others.
House Bill 20 28 — an act concerning licenses for discounted resident senior hunting and fishing passes and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license — was declared passed with 111 voting in favor and 11 against. Representative Featherston explained his no vote by expressing concern that reductions could jeopardize fee-based or federal funding for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
House Bill 23 78 — described as establishing a "removal of squatters" act and creating a notarized-affidavit requirement and criminal penalties for false affidavits — was declared passed with 113 voting in favor and 9 against.
Senate Bill 45 — concerning graduation-rate determinations and requiring the State Board of Education to calculate alternate graduation rates for accreditation purposes — passed with 86 voting in favor and 36 against. Representative McDonald explained his no vote as a concern that the legislature would be usurping the authority of the State Board of Education over accreditation and graduation standards.
Senate Bill 92 — concerning the State Corporation Commission and extending the time to make a final order on an electric transmission line siting application — passed with 120 voting in favor and 2 against.
House Bill 22 94 — after committee amendments and discussion, Representative Laura Williams moved to refer the bill back to the Commerce Committee for further work; that motion to refer was adopted and HB 22 94 was sent back to committee.
Several additional committee reports and appointments were announced later in the day; the committee of the whole recommended a set of bills (including HB 23 82, HB 23 13, and House substitute for SB 9) be passed as amended and listed HB 22 94 for referral to the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
