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Minutes for HB2703 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Preempting local building and construction codes more stringent than national model codes, with certain exceptions.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 19, 2020
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB2703 and recognized Revisor Reimer who gave an overview of the bill and answered questions from Committee members.
Oral proponent conferees on this bill were:
Scott Schneider, Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association (Attachment 10)
Kristi Brown, Dr. Director of Government Affairs, Kansas Chamber (Attachment 11)
Patrick Vogelsberg, Manager of Public Affairs, Kansas Gas Service (Attachment 12)
Martha Smith, Executive Director, Kansas Manufactured Housing (Attachment 13)
Conferees stood for questions.
Written-only proponents for this bill were:
Jared Geiger, VP of Rates & Regulatory Affairs for the Colorado-Kansas Division of Atmos Energy Corporation (Attachment 14)
Clayton Sherwood, President, Swims & Sweeps, Inc. (Attachment 15)
Sean Miller on behalf of Kansas Building Industry Association (Attachment 16)
Steven Cowen, Black Hills Energy (Attachment 17)
Mark Tomb, VP of Governmental Affairs, Kansas Association of REALTORS (Attachment 18)
Oral opponents for HB2703 were:
Doug Jorgensen, Kansas State Fire Marshal (Attachment 19)
Amanda L. Stanley, General Counsel, The League of Kansas Municipalities (Attachment 20)
Conferees stood for questions.
Written-only opponents for this bill were:
Amy Lange, City Manager, City of Concordia, Kansas (Attachment 21)
City of Overland Park, Kansas (Attachment 22)
Eudora City Commission, Eudora, Kansas (Attachment 23)
Nathan Nogelmeier, City of Fairway, Kansas (Attachment 24)
Lou Cicirello, Mayor, City of Valley Center, Kansas (Attachment 25)
Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties (Attachment 26)
Mark Wassom, Chief Building Official, Olathe, Kansas (Attachment 27)
Johnson County Building Officials Association (Attachment 28)
Stuart Little on behalf of a Coalition of Northeast Johnson County Cities (Attachment 29)
Written-only opponent testimony received after the meeting from:
Brian Rogers, Region 4 Field Service Manager, International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (Attachment 30)
Bruce A. Pfeiffer, Chairman, Kansas Mechanical Trade Stakeholders (Attachment 31)
Presenting oral neutral testimony was:
Lonny Wright, retired plumber and secretary, Kansas Mechanical Trade Stakeholders (KMTS) (Attachment 32)
Mr. Wright stood for questions.
There was no written-only neutral testimony.
Chairperson Tarwater thanked the conferees for their testimony and closed the hearing on HB2703.
The meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
Tomorrow's meeting of the House Commerce, Labor, and Economic Development Committee will begin at 1:15 p.m.
