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Minutes for HB2506 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Expanding the military spouse and servicemember's expedited licensure law to certain other license, certificate or registration applicants.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 13, 2020
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB2506 and announced Representative Hoffman would be timekeeper today because of the volume of conferees.
Chairperson Tarwater recognized Charles Reimer, Assistant Revisor, who gave an overview of the bill. Mr. Reimer answered questions from Committee members.
Representative Christopher D. Croft, 8th District, Kansas House of Representatives, was recognized by Chairperson Tarwater. Representative Croft gave oral proponent testimony on HB2506. (Attachment 1)
Other conferees offering oral proponent testimony were:
Joseph Horvath, Visiting Fellow, Opportunity Solutions Project (Attachment 2)
Andrew Wiens, Vice President of Government Relations, Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 3)
Mitchell Foley, Retired, United States Army (Attachment 4)
Elizabeth Patton, Americans for Prosperity-Kansas (Attachment 5)
John Jenks, Director, Public Policy, The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 6)
Eric Stafford, Vice President of Government Affairs, Kansas Chamber (Attachment 7)
From the audience, Andrea Vandross, military spouse, spoke in support of this bill.
Conferees stood for questions from Committee members.
Offering written-only proponent testimony were:
James Franko, President, Kansas Policy Institute (Attachment 8)
Meagan Forbes, Institute for Justice (Attachment 9)
Heather Curry, Director of Strategic Engagement, Goldwater Institute (Attachment 10)
Joe Thesing, Assistant Vice President, Government & Industry, USAA (Attachment 11)
Dan Murray, Kansas State Director, National Federation of Independent Business (Attachment 12)
Dr. Keith Mispagel, Superintendent of Schools, Fort Leavenworth School District, USD207 (Attachment 13)
Oral opponents for HB2506 were:
Michelle Meier, Commission Counsel, Kansas Commission on Peace Officer's Standards & Training (Attachment 14)
Rachelle Colombo, Executive Director, Kansas Medical Society (Attachment 15)
Malcolm Watkins, President, American Institute of Architects (Attachment 16)
Larry Karns, Executive Director, Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (Attachment 17)
Tucker L. Poling, Interim Executive Director, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Attachment 18)
Conferees stood for questions from the Committee.
Written-only opponents were:
Ron D. Hansen, O.D., Kansas Board of Examiners in Optometry (Attachment 19)
Ed Klumpp, Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, Kansas Sheriffs Association & Kansas Peace Officers Association (Attachment 20)
Todd Fleischer, Executive Director, Kansas Optometric Association (Attachment 21)
Colonel Herman T. Jones, Kansas Highway Patrol (Attachment 22)
Victoria Rajewski, Topeka resident (Attachment 23)
Conferees presenting oral neutral testimony on HB2506 were:
Scott Gordon on behalf of Mischel Miller, Director, Teacher Licensure and Accreditation, Kansas State Department of Education (Attachment 24)
Carol Moreland, MSN,RN, Executive Administrator, Kansas State Board of Nursing (Attachment 25)
Alexandra Blasi, Executive Secretary, Kansas State Board of Pharmacy (Attachment 26)
David Yocum, Chairperson, Kansas Board of Cosmetology (Attachment 27)
Ty Townsend, Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (Attachment 28)
Joe House, Paramedic, Executive Director, Emergency Medical Services Board (Attachment 29)
David Soffer, Legislative & Policy Director, Kansas Department of Commerce (Attachment 30)
Conferees stood for questions.
HB2506 received written-only neutral testimony from:
John R. Helms, CPA, Chair, Kansas Board of Accountancy (Attachment 31)
Erik Wisner, Executive Director, Kansas Real Estate Commission (Attachment 32)
Travis R. Oller, DC, Executive Director, Kansas Chiropractic Association (Attachment 33)
Chairperson Tarwater thanked the all of the conferees for their testimony.
The meeting adjourned at 3:08 p.m.
The next meeting of the House Commerce, Labor, and Economic Development Committee is scheduled for February 17, 2020.
