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Minutes for HB2354 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Providing public employees and professional employees certain rights with respect to withholding of public employee organization and professional employee organization dues.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 24, 2021
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB2354.
Charles Reimer provided an overview of the bill.
Committee members asked questions.
Proponents that presented on HB2354 were:
Vincent Vernuccio, Sr. Fellow fellow at the Mackinaw Center for Public policy.(Attachment 1)
Dave Traebert, Kansas Policy Institute.(Attachment 2)
Eric Stafford, Vice President Government Affairs Kansas Chamber Commerce.(Attachment 3)
Gary Sigle, Executive Director. Kansas National Association American Educators.(Attachment 4)
Elizabeth Patton, State Director for American For Prosperity.(Attachment 5)
Written proponent testimony was provided by
Rebecca Becker, Citizen(Attachment 6)
Mark Janus(Attachment 7)
Luke Henke, Educator(Attachment 8)
Opponents that presented on HB2354:
Jake Miller, Executive Director Working Kansas Alliance.(Attachment 9)
Mark Desetti, Executive Director Kansas National Education Association.(Attachment 10)
Written opponent testimony was provided by:
Matt Blassingame (Attachment 11)
Dennis Phillips (Attachment 12)
Ty Dragoo (Attachment 13)
DeAngela Burns-Wallace (Attachment 14)
Jody Leftwich(Attachment 15)
Brandon Johnson (Attachment 16)
Eric Sartorius (Attachment 17)
Mik Shanks (Attachment 18)
Chair Tarwater closed the hearing on HB2354.
