Dec. 26, 2024

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House Status: Adjourned until Monday, January 13, 2025 at 02:00 p.m.
Senate Status: Adjourned until Monday, January 13, 2025 at 02:00 p.m.

Minutes for SB248 - Committee on Assessment and Taxation

Providing a sales tax exemption for healthy food and repealing the state rate reduction for sales of certain food and food ingredients.

Revisor Amelia Kovar-Donohue provided a summary of the bill. (Attachment 1)

Proponent in-person testimony: Senate President Ty Masterson (Attachment 2)

Proponent written testimony: Elizabeth Patton, Americans for Prosperity (Attachment 3)

Opponent in-person testimony: Kevin Gregg, Fuel True (Attachment 4)

Derek Hein, Kansas Beverage Association (Attachment 5)

Jon McCormick, Retail Grocers Association (Attachment 6)

Jami Reever, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (Attachment 7)

Opponent written testimony: Julie Brewer, United Community Services of Johnson County (Attachment 8)

Tom Buller, Kansas Rural Center (Attachment 9)

Kansas Food and Farm Coalition (Attachment 10)

Brian McKeon, National Confectioners Association (Attachment 11)

Rachael McGinnis Millsap, Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition (Attachment 12)

Dylan Queen, Queen’s Price Chopper (Attachment 13)

Karen Siebert, Harvesters; Kansas Food Bank; Second Harvest Community Food Bank (Attachment 14)

Eric Stafford, Kansas Chamber (Attachment 15)

Kari Sue Vosburgh (Attachment 16)

Neutral written testimony: Ganon Evans, Kansas Policy Institute (Attachment 17)

Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties (Attachment 18)

Travis Lowe, Economics LIfeline (Attachment 19)

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