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Minutes for HB2186 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Granting employees who earn sick leave the right to use it to care for their family members.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 21, 2019
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB2186 and recognized Charles Reimer, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes to give an overview of the bill. Revisor Reimer answered questions from Committee members.
Proponents appearing before the Committee were:
Judy Davis-Cole, Executive Council Member, AARP (Attachment 1)
John Nave, Executive Vice-President, Kansas AFL-CIO (Attachment 2)
Opponents appearing before the Committee were:
Daniel Murray, Kansas State Director, National Federation of Independent Business (Attachment 3)
Tara McKinney, Kansas Society for Human Resource Management (Attachment 4)
Conferees stood for questions and there was no other testimony provided.
Chairperson Tarwater thanked the conferees for presenting today and closed the hearing on HB2186.
