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| Legislative Update - Final Report |
| Legislative Update Week 12, March 31 – April 4, 2008 |
| Weekly Update Week Nine, March 10-14, 2008 |
| Memo to Secretary Wagnon |
| Legislative Update Week 8, March 3rd -7th, 2008 |
| Legislative Summary Week 7, February 25-29, 2008 |
| Weekly Legislative Summary Week 6 |
| Legislative Update Week Four, Feb. 4th – 8th, 2008 |
| Legislative Update Week Three Jan 28 – Feb 1, 2008 |
| Legislative Update Week Two January 21-25 |
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| 2007 Schedule |
| Jan 8: Opening Day |
| Jan 22: Deadline for individual legislator bill requests |
| Feb 1: Deadline for most committee bill draft requests |
| Feb 7: Deadline for introduction of individual's bill drafts |
| Feb 9: Deadline for introduction of committee bill drafts |
| Feb 24: Turnaround day, nonexempt bills must clear their house of origin |
| March 24: Deadline for consideration of opposite house |
| April 6: All bills must have been considered. |
| April 25: Veto session opens. |
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| Legislative Update - Final Report |
Visitors
Last week's visitors included pages, Shane Slyter (Spring Hill), Rebecca Wehmeier (Gardner) Blake Phelps (Gardner) and Kayla Cloud (Edgerton.)
The Da... |
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| Legislative Update Week 12, March 31 – April 4, 2008 |
IN RECESS - But much left to do
Legislative Update Week 12, March 31 – April 4, 2008
Working well into the night this past week, the House finished up debating bills and concentrated on dealing with conference committee reports.... |
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| Weekly Update Week Nine, March 10-14, 2008 |
This was a week of high drama, long deliberations, behind the scenes "horse trading" attempts, frustration and limited accomplishments. The stage is set for a contentious, if not nasty, final 3 weeks of this session.
To start with, the accomp... |
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| Memo to Secretary Wagnon |
March 18, 2008
Joan Wagnon, Secretary of Revenue
Room 230, 915 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66612-1518
Dear Secretary Wagnon,
In view of the major problems of overcrowding and long waiting times for drivers license rene... |
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| Legislative Update Week 8, March 3rd -7th, 2008 |
Back to Business
House members resume their regular legislative schedules this week, attending committee hearings, working with constituents and meeting on the floor of the House daily. For the next several weeks, we will consider bills t... |
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| Legislative Summary Week 7, February 25-29, 2008 |
It was a busy week on the House floor, with 28 bills on the debate calendar on Thursday. This week is the last week for a non-exempt bill to be considered in its chamber of origin. In order to meet that deadline, members spent most of the day Wednesda... |
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| Weekly Legislative Summary Week 6 |
Weekly Legislative Summary Week 6, February 18-22, 2008
This week in the Kansas House of Representatives the energy debate dominated the headlines. Members of the House voted to move the energy debate into a conference committee. In con... |
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| Legislative Update Week Four, Feb. 4th – 8th, 2008 |
Missouri Lawmakers React to Kansas Tax Bill
In reaction to passage of HB 2641 by the Kansas House, Missouri lawmakers hurried a tax repeal bill though their chambers this week. Our bill eliminates the property tax deduction for residents ... |
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| Legislative Update Week Three Jan 28 – Feb 1, 2008 |
This week got off to a fast start on Monday with the House undertaking Final Action for the first time this session with the votes tallied on the new voting boards. It set the tone for the week that saw a new Attorney General sworn in, a bill introduce... |
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| Legislative Update Week Two January 21-25 |
In order to appropriately address the issues facing Kansas today, we must keep the end goal in mind. Though much legislative toil is dedicated to initiating new programs and fixing old ones, each has a price tag that Kansas taxpayers must reckon with.... |
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