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Minutes for HB2625 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Preempting cities and counties from prohibiting or regulating paper or plastic carryout bags and other single-use plastic items.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB2625 and recognized Revisor Reimer who gave an overview of the bill. There were no questions.
Kristi Brown, Sr. Director of Government Affairs, Kansas Chamber, was introduced by Chairperson Tarwater. Ms. Brown gave proponent testimony. (Attachment 15), (Attachment 16)
Others providing oral proponent testimony on this bill were:
Jessica Lucas on behalf of Michael Monteferrante, CEO, Envision (Attachment17)
Scott J. Schneider, J.D., Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association (Attachment 18)
Jason P. Watkins, Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 19)
Thomas M. Palace, Executive Director, Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas (Attachment 20)
Conferees stood for questions.
A written-only proponent for this bill was:
Ronald R. Hein on behalf of Kansas Beverage Association (Attachment 21)
Appearing as opponents for HB2625 were:
Zach Pistoria, Kansas Sierra Club (Attachment 22)
Teresa Wilke, Environmentalist, Lawrence, Kansas (Attachment 23)
Bruce Blank, Citizen, Wichita, Kansas (Attachment 24)
Marty Spence, Business Owner, Wichita, Kansas (Attachment 25)
Lori Lawrence, Citizen, Wichita, Kansas (Attachment 26)
Rabbi Moti Rieber, Executive Director, Faith in Action (Attachment 27)
Erik Sartorius, Executive Director, The League of Kansas Municipalities (Attachment 28)
Conferees stood for questions.
Written-only opponents on this bill were:
Margaret Kramer (Attachment 29)
Craig Owens, City Manager, Lawrence, Kansas (Attachment 30)
Stuart Little on behalf of Prairie Village, Merriam, Mission, and Westwood Hills (Attachment 31)
Thad Holcombe on behalf of LETUS (Attachment 32)
Hank Guarisco, Citizen (Attachment 33)
Jane Byrnes, Bag Free Wichita (Attachment 34)
Halli Vrooman, Resident of Prairie Village, Kansas (Attachment 35)
David Babich, Citizen (Attachment 36)
Elizabeth Carson, Attorney (Attachment 37)
Elaine Giessel, Conservation Chair, Sierra Club of Kansas (Attachment 38)
Brett Prather, Citizen (Attachment 39)
Dick Carter on behalf of the City of Overland Park (Attachment 40)
Appearing as a neutral was:
Julie Coleman, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Environment (Attachment 41)
Ms. Coleman stood for questions.
There was no written-only neutral testimony provided.
Chairperson Tarwater thanked the conferees for their testimony and closed the hearing on HB2625.
The meeting adjourned at 3:09 p.m.
The next scheduled meeting of the House Commerce, Labor, and Economic Development Committee is February 21, 2020.
