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Minutes for HB2029 - Committee on Transportation
Short Title
Designating a portion of K-5 highway as the Representative Marvin S Robinson II memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the Harry Darby memorial highway for interstate highway 635.
Minutes Content for Wed, Jan 29, 2025
Chris Waggoner, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor Statutes, provided the committee with a briefing of HB2029. (Attachment 1)
Representative Patrick Penn, 85th District, gave testimony in support of HB2029 which would rename a portion of the KS-5 Highway in front of the Quindaro Ruins after Representative Marvin S. Robinson II. Kansas Representative Robinson of the 35th District left a legacy deeply intertwined with the preservation of the Quindaro Ruins and Townsite.(Attachment 2)
Representative Barbara Ballard, 44th District, presented testimony supporting HB2029 honoring Marvin S. Robinson II and his 37 years of protecting and improving the Quindaro Ruins and Underground Railway. (Attachment 3)
Harold Dwight, the brother of Marvin S. Robinson II, gave testimony in support of the bill, HB2029, honoring the life and service of his brother, Marvin.(Attachment 4)
Mayor Tyrone Garner on behalf of Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, gave written testimony as a proponent of HB2029. (Attachment 5)
There were no opponents and no neutral testimonies.
Chairman Francis closed the hearing on HB2029.
