Kansas Legislature

HB 2197

AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; amortizing a certain portion of actuarial accrued liability of the system for a period of 30 years; eliminating certain level-dollar employer contribution payments; establishing procedures for lapsing and decreasing certain amounts of employer contributions for state agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020; amending K.S.A. 74-4920 and repealing the existing section.

House - Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Benson was rejected - 02/14/2019

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (48):

Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Benson, Burroughs, Carlin, Carmichael, Clayton, Corbet, Cox, Curtis, Dierks, Dietrich, Ellis, Finney, Frownfelter, Gartner, Henderson, Highberger, Hodge, Holscher, Horn, Howard, Karleskint, Kuether, Lusk, Murnan, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Ousley, Parker, Patton, Phillips, Pittman, Probst, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Sawyer, Stogsdill, Victors, Ward, Warfield, Weigel, Whipple, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard, Xu,

Nay - (75):

Arnberger, Awerkamp, Baker, Barker, Bergquist, Blex, Burris, Capps, Carlson, Carpenter, B., Carpenter, W., Claeys, Clark, Collins, Concannon, Croft, Delperdang, Donohoe, Dove, Eplee, Erickson, Esau, Finch, Francis, French, Garber, Hawkins, Helgerson, Helmer, Hibbard, Highland, Hineman, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Houser, Huebert, Humphries, Jacobs, Jennings, Johnson, Kelly, Kessinger, Landwehr, Long, Lynn, Mason, Mastroni, Moore, Orr, Owens, Pannbacker, Proehl, Rahjes, Ralph, Resman, Rhiley, Ryckman, Samsel, Schreiber, Seiwert, A. Smith, E. Smith, Sutton, Tarwater, Thimesch, Thomas, Thompson, Toplikar, Vickrey, Waggoner, Warren, Wasinger, Waymaster, Wheeler, Williams,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (2):

Bishop, Lewis,