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Minutes for HB2191 - Committee on Appropriations
Short Title
Authorizing the children's cabinet to form a 501(c)(3) for fundraising for the Dolly Parton imagination library book gifting program.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 8, 2023
Chairperson Waymaster opened the hearing on HB2191.
Revisor Jill Wolters provided information about HB2191 which authorizes the children's cabinet to form a 501(c)(3) for fundraising for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Book Gifting Program. (Attachment 5)
Revisor Wolters stood for questions.
Proponent testimony in person:
- Melissa Rooker, Executive Director, Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund (Attachment 6)
- Representative Waymaster informed the Committee members that he is a proponent. There is an advisory committee that met when the statewide Dolly Parton Imagination Library was created, of which he is a member. In order to keep this a private-public partnership program, it is necessary to establish this 501(c)(3), to solicit other organizations to participate in the program and make it a statewide program for 0- to 5-year-olds. The program is an opt-in program.
Proponent testimony in written only:
- Sonia Olmos, Operations and Communications Manager, Oral Health Kansas (Attachment 7)
- Nora Briggs, Executive Director, Dollywood Foundation (Attachment 8)
There was no opponent or neutral testimony.
Chairperson Waymaster closed the public hearing on HB2191.
