Chairwoman Estes opened the hearing on SB87 and recognized Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes to explain the bill. (Attachment 4). Jason deferred to Legislative Research to answer a question regarding tax credits and contributions.

Proponents In-Person

Chuck Weber (Attachment 5).  Mr. Weber was unable to answer a question regarding total amounts of tax credits and contributions. Chairwoman Estes recognized Elaina Rudder, Senior Research Analyst, Kansas Legislative Research Department, who reported the total amount of tax credits since the 2016 tax year are roughly 32.8 million, total amount of contributions 46.3 million. In the 2024 tax year 5.5 million tax credits, and 7.8 million contributions.

James Franko (Attachment 6).

Andrea Hillebert (Attachment 7).

Vincent Anch (Attachment 8).

Geoff Andrews (Attachment 9).

Joyce Aranda (Attachment 10).

Alexandra Converse (Attachment 11).

Jamie Finkeldei (Attachment 12).

Linda Highland (Attachment 13).

Katherine Jimenez (Attachment 14).

Brooke Krause (Attachment 15).

Jesus Lucero (Attachment 16).

Trina Delgado (Attachment 17).

Dr. Delia Shropshire (Attachment 18).

Proponents Written-Only

A-Z  (Attachment 19).

Opponents In-Person

Lynn Rogers (Attachment 20).

Monica Brown (Attachment 21).

Timothy Graham (Attachment 22).

Ann Mah (Attachment 23).

Judith Deedy (Attachment 24).

Chairwoman Estes suspended the hearing on SB87 to resume March 11, 2025 as there was not enough time to continue.

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