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Minutes for HB2416 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Creating the Kansas targeted employment act; income tax credit.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 6, 2020
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB2416 and called upon Assistant Revisor, Charles Reimer, to give an overview of the bill. Mr. Reimer answered questions from Committee members.
Chairperson Tarwater recognized Rachel Green, Area Director, COF Training Services, who was a proponent for HB2416. (Attachment 1)
Other conferees who appeared as oral proponents were:
Craig Evans, Integrated Employment Enterprises, Inc. (Attachment 2)
Matt Fletcher, Executive Director Inter Hab (Attachment 3)
Written-only proponent:
Kevin Walker, Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Advocacy, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 4)
Written-only testimony received after the close of the hearing and in support of this bill was sent electronically to Committee members.
John Coen, President & CEO, Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 5)
Paul Bean, Executive Director, Franklin County Development Council (Attachment 6)
There were no oral or written-only opponents on this bill.
Conferees appearing as oral neutrals on HB2416 were:
Mike Burgess, Director of Policy & Outreach at the Disability Rights of Kansas (Attachment 7)
Kathy Lobb, Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas (Attachment 8)
Colin Olenik, Self Advocate, works at Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas (Attachment 9)
Robyn Herzog, Self Advocate (Attachment 10)
Steve Gieber, Executive Director, Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities (Attachment 11)
Written-only neutral testimony was provided by:
Evan Dean, Associate Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, KU Life Span Institute (Attachment 12)
The following proposed amendments were presented by conferees as suggestions for improving the bill.
Proposed Amendment #1 as presented by Rachel Green--(Attachment 13)
Proposed Amendment #2 as presented by Mike Burgess--(Attachment 14)
Conferees stood for questions. Chairperson Tarwater thanked all the participants for coming today and sharing their testimony.
Chairperson Tarwater closed the hearing on HB2416.
The meeting adjourned at 3:08 p.m.
The next meeting of the House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee is scheduled for February 10, 2020.
