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Minutes for HB2268 - Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Short Title
Prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during certain times and places and lowering fees for migratory waterfowl habitat stamps.
Minutes Content for Mon, Mar 17, 2025
Opening the hearing on HB2268, Chairperson Rahjes called upon Kyle Hamilton, Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes, to give a bill brief. (Attachment 1) The Revisor stood for questions.
Research Analyst, Heather O'Hara, Legislative Services Department, reported on the fiscal note. She answered questions.
Appearing as Oral Proponents were:
Representative Will Carpenter, 75th District, Kansas House of Representatives (Attachment 2) He stood for questions.
Michael Castelli, Citizen, via WebEx (Attachment 3) There were no questions.
Written-Only Proponents:
Matt Zumbrunn, Citizen, (Attachment 4)
Mitchell Moorehead, Citizen (Attachment 5)
Matthew Roberts, Citizen (Attachment 6)
Dan Heard, Citizen (Attachment 7)
Lauren A. Sill, Former Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Commissioner (Attachment 8)
Edward Vanderbeck, Citizen (Attachment 9)
Marvin Mikulecky, Citizen (Attachment 10)
Thomas Wells, Citizen (Attachment 11)
Tom Loats, Citizen (Attachment 12)
Conferees appearing before the Committee as Oral Opponents on this bill were:
Representative Dale Helwig, 1st District, Kansas House of Representatives (Attachment 13) He stood for questions.
Tanner Tempel, Deputy State Director, Americans for Prosperity (Attachment 14) There were no questions.
Appearing on WebEx was Herbert J. Swender, Sr., from Grove, OK (Attachment 15) He answered questions.
Also appearing on WebEx was Kale Kitterman, Citizen (Attachment 16) He answered questions.
Written-Only Opponent was:
Tom Markley, Citizen (Attachment 17)
Appearing as an Oral Neutral conferee was Stuart J. Schrag, Deputy Secretary of Operations, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (Attachment 18) He stood for questions.
There being no further testimony, Chairperson Rahjes thanked the conferees and closed the hearing on HB2268.
Chairperson Rahjes announced the Committee would meet tomorrow to work HB2268 which is the same bill as SB213 which was referred to this Committee on March 14, 2025.
Chairperson Rahjes recognized Representative Roeser.
Representative Roeser moved, seconded by Representative Schlingensiepen, to allow Revisor Hamilton to be able to communicate if there are duplicate amendments. Motion passed.
Chairman Rahjes announced tomorrow is Celebrate Kansas Ag Day at the Capitol.
The meeting adjourned at 5:03 p.m.
The next meeting of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is scheduled for March 18, 2025.
