House Status:
Senate Status:
Senate Status:
Minutes for SB498 - Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Short Title
Establishing a tax credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations operating pregnancy centers or residential maternity facilities and establishing a child tax credit, increasing the tax credit amount for adoption expenses and making the credit refundable and providing a sales tax exemption for pregnancy resource centers and residential maternity facilities.
Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 5, 2024
Revisor Amelia Kovar-Donohue provided a summary of the bill. (Attachment 2)
Proponent in-person testimony: Nate Bruns, Lifeline Children’s Services (Attachment 3)
Jeanne Gawdun, Kansans for Life (Attachment 4)
Brittany Jones, Kansas Family Voice (Attachment 5)
Lucrecia Nold, Kansas Catholic Conference (Attachment 6)
Ruth Tisdale, Advice and Aid Pregnancy Centers (Attachment 7)
Proponent Webex testimony: Leah Conner, Wyandotte County Pregnancy Clinic (Attachment 8)
Proponent written testimony: Melissa Colbern, M.D., Mary’s Choices (Attachment 9)
Carrie Holliday (Attachment 10)
Donna Kelsey, Kansas City Pregnancy Clinic (Attachment 11)
Joe and Stacy Marshall (Attachment 12)
Opponent in-person testimony: Amber Sellers, Trust Women Foundation (Attachment 13)
Opponent written testimony: Laurel Burchfield, Mainstream (Attachment 14)
Taylor Morton, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes (Attachment 15)
Neutral in-person testimony: None
Neutral written testimony: None
The hearing on SB498 was closed.
Meeting adjourned at 10:25 AM
