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Bill Tracking Report for Friday, February 6, 2015
Bill No. & Sponsor
SB 2
Jacob LaTurner, R-13th
Bill Subject
Authorizing school districts to offer
multi-year contracts to teachers
Current Status
In Senate Education
SB 3
Oletha Faust-Goudeau,
D-29th
H Sub for SB 4
Legislative Post Audit
Committee
SB 8
Legislative Post Audit
Committee
SB 32
Senate Education
Committee
Unemployment benefits for privately
contracted school bus drivers
In Senate Commerce
Appropriation revisions and
supplementals for FY 2015 and FY 2016
for various state agencies
Repealing school district audit teams and
school district performance audit
requirements
Requiring school district and state
department of education audits; creating
the efficient operation of schools task
force
Creating the Kansas education standards
study commission
Pending enrollment
Appropriation revisions for FY 2015, FY
2016, FY 2017, and FY 2018 for various
state agencies
In Senate Ways and
Means
Governmental ethics; public funds used
for lobbying
In Senate Ethics and
Elections
Removing affirmative defense to
promotion to minors of material harmful
to minors for public, private or parochial
schools
Participation by homeschooled students
in activities regulated by the Kansas state
high school activities association
Development and establishment of K-12
curriculum standards
In Senate Corrections and
Juvenile Justice
SB 33
Senate Education
Committee
SB 35
Senate Ways and Means
Committee
SB 42
Senate Assessment and
Taxation Committee
SB 56
Senate Judiciary
Committee
SB 60
Senate Federal and State
Affairs Committee
SB 67
Senate Federal and State
Affairs Committee
On General Orders in
Senate
In Senate Education
In Senate Education
In Senate Education
In Senate Education
Last Action
01/28/2015 - Senate
Possible Action in Education: Tuesday, 2/3/2015, 1:30
PM, Rm 144-S
01/28/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Commerce: Wednesday,
2/4/2015, 8:30 AM, Rm 548-S
02/05/2015 - Senate
Concurred; Yeas 24, Nays 13
01/29/2015 - Senate
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as
amended by Education
02/05/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Possible Action in Education: Tuesday,
2/10/2015, 1:30 PM, Rm 144-S
01/28/2015 - Senate
Possible Action in Education: Tuesday, 2/3/2015, 1:30
PM, Rm 144-S
01/20/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Ways and Means: Thursday,
1/22/2015, 10:30 AM, Rm 548-S
01/28/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Ethics and Elections: Thursday,
2/5/2015, 9:30 AM, Rm 159-S
02/04/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Final Action in Corrections and Juvenile
Justice: Wednesday, 2/11/2015, 9:30 AM, Rm 118-N
01/28/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Education: Monday, 2/2/2015,
1:30 PM, Rm 144-S
01/23/2015 - Senate
Referred to Education
Bill No. & Sponsor
SB 70
Senate Corrections and
Juvenile Justice
Committee
SB 71
Senate Ways and Means
Committee
SB 81
Senate Ways and Means
Committee
SB 93
Senate Education
Committee
SB 136
Senate Education
Committee
SB 137
Senate Education
Committee
SB 162
Senate Ways and Means
Committee
SB 168
Senate Select Committee
on KPERS
HB 2008
Legislative Post Audit
Committee
HB 2016
House Health and
Human Services
Committee
HB 2027
House Education
Committee
Bill Subject
Background checks and licensure of
teachers
Current Status
In Senate Corrections and
Juvenile Justice
Last Action
02/04/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Corrections and Juvenile
Justice: Tuesday, 2/10/2015, 9:30 AM, Rm 118-N
School districts; amending the
supplemental general state aid
calculation
Appropriation revisions and
supplementals for FY 2015 and FY 2016
for various state agencies
Career technical education performancebased funding requirements
In Senate Ways and
Means
Amending the professional negotiations
act
In Senate Education
Education; amendments to the school
district finance and quality performance
act; the virtual school act; the student
data privacy act; and the tax credit for
low income student scholarship program
act
Joint revenue estimates, move April 20
date to May 4
In Senate Ways and
Means
01/28/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Ways and Means: Tuesday,
2/3/2015, 10:30 AM, Rm 548-S
01/28/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Ways and Means: Wednesday,
1/28/2015, 10:30 AM, Rm 548-S
02/04/2015 - Senate
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as
amended by Education
02/04/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Hearing in Education: Tuesday, 2/10/2015,
1:30 PM, Rm 144-S
02/04/2015 - Senate
Referred to Ways and Means
In Senate Ways and
Means
02/06/2015 - Senate
Referred to Ways and Means
Issuing a $1 billion of pension obligation
bonds to finance a portion of the
unfunded actuarial liability of KPERS
Repealing school district audit teams and
school district performance audit
requirements
Amending the school sports head injury
prevention act
Introduced
02/06/2015 - Senate
Introduced
In Senate Education
02/06/2015 - Senate
Referred to Education
In House Health and
Human Services
01/21/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Health and Human Services:
Wednesday, 1/28/2015, 1:30 PM, Rm 546-S
Requiring school district and state
department of education audits; creating
the efficient operation of schools task
force
In House Education
01/16/2015 - House
Referred to Education
In Senate Ways and
Means
On General Orders in
Senate
Bill No. & Sponsor
HB 2028
House Education
Committee
HB 2031
House Corrections and
Juvenile Justice
Committee
HB 2034
House Education
Committee
HB 2035
House Education
Committee
HB 2038
House Appropriations
Committee
HB 2078
House Veterans,
Military and Homeland
Security Committee
HB 2095
House Pensions and
Benefits Committee
HB 2099
House Education
Committee
HB 2133
House Appropriations
Committee
HB 2170
House Children and
Seniors Committee
HB 2174
House Federal and State
Affairs Committee
HB 2199
House Education
Committee
Bill Subject
Creating the Kansas education standards
study commission
Current Status
In House Education
School district plan addressing child
sexual abuse; establishing Erin's law
In House Corrections and
Juvenile Justice
School district; reducing negotiable
terms and conditions in the professional
negotiations act
Amending the tax credit for low income
students scholarship program act
In House Education
Appropriation revisions for FY 2015, FY
2016, FY 2017, and FY 2018 for various
state agencies
Requiring school districts to adopt
school safety and security policies and
plans
In House Appropriations
Issuing $1.5 billion of pension obligation
bonds to finance a portion of the
unfunded actuarial liability of KPERS
Authorizing school districts to
administer certain surveys and
questionnaires under the student data
privacy act
Appropriation revisions and
supplementals for FY 2015 and FY 2016
for various state agencies
In House Pensions and
Benefits
Grades K-12; use of seclusion and
restraint of students with disabilities;
reporting thereof
Tax credit for low income students
scholarship program act amendments
In House Children and
Seniors
School districts; human sexuality
education; policies and procedures
In House Education
In House Education
In House Education
In House Education
In House Appropriations
In House Education
Last Action
02/05/2015 - House
Scheduled Discussion and Possible Action in
Education: Monday, 2/9/2015, 1:30 PM, Rm 112-N
02/04/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Corrections and Juvenile
Justice: Wednesday, 2/11/2015, 1:30 PM, Rm 152-S
02/05/2015 - House
Scheduled Discussion and Possible Action in
Education: Monday, 2/9/2015, 1:30 PM, Rm 112-N
01/20/2015 - House
Referred to Education
01/20/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Appropriations: Wednesday,
1/21/2015, 9:00 AM, Rm 112-N
02/05/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Education: Tuesday, 2/10/2015,
1:30 PM, Rm 112-N
02/04/2015 - House
Scheduled Discussion and Possible Action in Pensions
and Benefits: Monday, 2/9/2015, 9:00 AM, Rm 152-S
02/04/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Education: Wednesday,
2/11/2015, 1:30 PM, Rm 112-N
01/29/2015 - House
Scheduled Discussion and Possible Action in
Appropriations: Monday, 2/2/2015, 9:00 AM, Rm
112-N
02/04/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Children and Seniors: Tuesday,
2/10/2015, 9:00 AM, Rm 218-N
02/03/2015 - House
Withdrawn from Education Budget; referred to
Education
02/03/2015 - House
Referred to Education
Bill No. & Sponsor
HB 2203
House Education Budget
Committee
HB 2220
Brandon Whipple, D96th
HB 2232
House Federal and State
Affairs Committee
HB 2243
House Veterans,
Military and Homeland
Security Committee
HB 2250
House Pensions and
Benefits Committee
HB 2257
House Education
Committee
HB 2265
House Commerce,
Labor and Economic
Development
Committee
HCR 5004
House Judiciary
Committee
HCR 5005
House Judiciary
Committee
HCR 5006
House Judiciary
Committee
Bill Subject
School district agreements for
consolidation of administrative services
Current Status
In House Education
Last Action
02/03/2015 - House
Referred to Education
Teachers' contracts; due process
In House Education
02/04/2015 - House
Referred to Education
Personal financial literacy course as a
requirement for high school graduation
In House Education
Prohibiting KSHSAA from preventing
children of military families from
participating in high school sports due to
a residency change
KPERS retirant cost of living increase
In House Veterans,
Military and Homeland
Security
02/10/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Education: Tuesday, 2/10/2015,
1:30 PM, Rm 112-N
02/06/2015 - House
Referred to Veterans, Military and Homeland Security
In House Pensions and
Benefits
02/06/2015 - House
Referred to Pensions and Benefits
Amendments to the professional
negotiations act
Introduced
02/06/2015 - House
Introduced
Unemployment benefits for privately
contracted school bus drivers
Introduced
02/06/2015 - House
Introduced
Constitutional amendment revising
article 3, relating to the judiciary;
providing for direct partisan election of
supreme court justices and court of
appeals judges; abolishing the supreme
court nominating commission
Constitutional amendment revising
article 3, relating to the judiciary;
allowing the governor to appoint
supreme court justices and court of
appeals judges, subject to senate
confirmation; abolishing the supreme
court nominating commission
Constitutional amendment revising
article 3, relating to the judiciary;
allowing the governor to appoint
In House Judiciary
02/04/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Judiciary: Wednesday,
2/11/2015, 3:30 PM, Rm 112-N
In House Judiciary
02/04/2015 - House
Scheduled Hearing in Judiciary: Wednesday,
2/11/2015, 3:30 PM, Rm 112-N
In House Judiciary
01/21/2015 - House
Referred to Judiciary
Bill No. & Sponsor
HCR 5009
House Judiciary
Committee
Bill Subject
supreme court justices and court of
appeals judges, subject to senate
confirmation; lifetime appointment,
subject to removal for cause; retaining
the supreme court nominating
commission, membership amended
Constitutional amendment; 33% vote
against retention of a supreme court
justice would result in open position
Current Status
Last Action
In House Judiciary
01/28/2015 - House
Referred to Judiciary