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HOUSE JOURNAL

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

House of RepresentativesOF

The LegislatureOF THE

STATE OF KANSAS

REGULAR 2010 SESSION

JANUARY 11, 2010 THROUGH ADJOURNMENT MAY 28, 2010

SUSAN W. KANNARR, Chief Clerk of the House

DIVISION OF PRINTINGDEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

TOPEKA, KANSAS20109848

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

REGULAR SESSION, 2010PAGE

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

HOUSE MEMBERS (alphabetically, with city, occupation, party and district) . . . . . v

COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF HOUSE MEMBERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

RULES

KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE POWERS. . . . xxxiii

JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix

RULES OF THE KANSAS HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . li

HOUSE JOURNAL

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND PAGE NUMBERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xciv

TEXT OF HOUSE JOURNAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785

TITLE AND HISTORY OF HOUSE BILLS

HOUSE BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, PETITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1847

NUMERICAL SCHEDULE OF HOUSE BILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1892

SUMMARY OF ACTION ON HOUSE BILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1903

APPOINTMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, GUESTS, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX BY AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1913

INDEX BY SUBJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1945

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Governor

MARK PARKINSON, Topeka

Lieutenant Governor

TROY FINDLEY, Topeka

OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE

Session of 2010

Michael ‘‘Mike’’ O’Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SpeakerArlen Siegfreid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speaker Pro TemRay Merrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Majority LeaderPaul Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minority LeaderSusan Kannarr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief ClerkWayne Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergeant-at-Arms

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—2010

MEMBERS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

Name and City Party Dist. Occupation

Aurand, Clay, Courtland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 109 Farmer/StockmanBallard, Barbara W., Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 44 University AdministratorBarnes, Melany, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 95 Technical Assistant -

ProjectsBenlon, Lisa, Overland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 22Bethell, Bob, Alden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 113 Pastor/ConsultantBollier, Barbara, Mission Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 25 Retired AnesthesiologistBowers, Elaine, Concordia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 107 Business OwnerBrookens, J. Robert, Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 70 AttorneyBrown, Anthony R., Eudora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 38 Carpenter/ContractorBrown, Tony, Baldwin City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 10 College ProfessorBrunk, Steven, Bel Aire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 85 Real Estate and Business

BrokerBurgess, Mike, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 51 Web DeveloperBurroughs, Tom, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 33 Retired-Colgate-

Palmolive Co.Carlin, Sydney, Manhattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 66 Self-EmployedCarlson, Richard, St. Marys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 61 BusinessmanColloton, Pat, Leawood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 28 AttorneyCraft, Barbara, Junction City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 65Crow, Marti, Leavenworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 41 AttorneyCrum, J. David, Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 77 OptometristDavis, Paul T., Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 46 AttorneyDeGraaf, Pete, Mulvane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 81 Director, Financial

Counseling ServiceDillmore, Nile, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 92 Development SpecialistDonohoe, Owen, Shawnee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 39 Medical SalesFaber, John M., Brewster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 120 Farmer/RancherFeuerborn, Bill, Garnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 5 Self-EmployedFinney, Gail, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 84 Small Business OwnerFlaharty, Geraldine, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 98 Retired TeacherFrownfelter, Stan S., Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 31 Small Business OwnerFund, Rocky, Hoyt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 50 Rural Water District

ManagerFurtado, Dolores, Overland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 19 Professor EmeritiGarcia, Delia, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 103 Restaurant Asst.

Manager/ConsultantGatewood, Doug, Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 1 Property ServicesGatewood, Sean, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 57George, Pat, Dodge City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 119 Financial ManagementGoico, Mario, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 100 Business OwnerGordon, Lana, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 52 Customer Services

RepresentativeGoyle, Raj, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 87 Attorney and LecturerGrange, John C., El Dorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 75 Mechanical Contractor,

Self-employed

MEMBERS LISTED ALPHABETICALLYvi


Grant, Robert ‘‘Bob’’, Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 2 Catering BusinessHawk, Tom, Manhattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 67 Retired School

SuperintendentHayzlett, Gary K., Lakin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 122 BusinessmanHenderson, Broderick T., Kansas City . . . . . . Dem. 35 Parking Control OfficerHenry, Jerry, Cummings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 63 Achievement Services-

Executive DirectorHermanson, Phil, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 96 Human Resource

Director/RealtorHill, Don, Emporia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 60 PharmacistHineman, Don, Dighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 118 Farmer/RancherHolmes, Carl D., Liberal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 125 Land Owner/ManagerHolmes, Mitch, St John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 114 College InstructorHorst, Deena L., Salina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 69 Retired TeacherHuebert, Steve, Valley Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 90 Systems Engineer,

BoeingJack, Aaron, Andover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 99 Financial ServicesJohnson, Dan, Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 110 AgricultureKelley, Kasha, Arkansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 79 CEO, Customer Care

CompanyKerschen, Dan, Garden Plain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 93 Dairy FarmerKiegerl, S. Mike, Olathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 43King, Jeff, Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 12 AttorneyKinzer, Lance, Olathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 14 AttorneyKleeb, Marvin G., Overland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 48 Business OwnerKnox, Forrest, Altoona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 13 StockmanKuether, Annie, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 55Landwehr, Brenda, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 91 Business OwnerLane, Harold, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 58 Owner, Lane’s BBQLight, Bill, Rolla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 124 FarmerLoganbill, Judith, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 86 Reading Resource

TeacherLong, Margaret, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 36 RetiredLukert, Steve, Sabetha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 62 FarmerMah, Ann E., Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 53 Trainer/SpeakerMaloney, Patrick J. (Pat), Kingman . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 116 Farmer/RancherMast, Peggy L., Emporia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 76McCray-Miller, Melody, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 89 Business OwnerMcLeland, Joe, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 94* Meier, Melanie, Leavenworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 40 Defense Contractor/

Army ReservistMenghini, Julie, Pittsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 3Merrick, Ray, Stilwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 27 Small Business OwnerMorrison, Jim, Colby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 121 OptometristMoxley, Tom, Council Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 68 Farmer/RancherMyers, Don V., Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 82 Retired EngineerNeighbor, Cindy, Shawnee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 18Neufeld, Melvin, Ingalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 115 Farmer

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O’Brien, Connie, Tonganoxie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 42 RetiredOlson, Robert (Rob), Olathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 26 ContractorO’Neal, Michael R. ‘‘Mike’’, Hutchinson . . . . Rep. 104 AttorneyOtto, Bill, LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 9 Retired TeacherPalmer, Shirley J., Fort Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 4 Retired TeacherPatton, Joe, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 54 AttorneyPauls, Janice L., Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 102 AttorneyPeck, Virgil Jr., Tyro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 11 Insurance AgentPeterson, Michael J. (Mike), Kansas City . . . Dem. 37 AttorneyPhelps, Eber, Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 111 Sales/MarketingPottorff, Jo Ann, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 83 Real EstatePowell, Larry R., Garden City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 117 Rancher/

EnvironmentalistPrescott, Willie, Osage City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 59 FarmerProehl, Richard J., Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 7 BankerQuigley, Jill, Lenexa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 17 Nurse/Outreach

CoordinatorRardin, Gene, Overland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 16 ConsultingRhoades, Marc, Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 72 College InstructorRoth, Charles B. (Charlie), Salina . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 71 RetiredRuiz, Louis E.., Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 32 Retired, Lucent

TechnologiesSchroeder, Don, Inman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 74 Retired FarmerSchwab, Scott, Overland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 49 Healthcare/Sales/

MarketingSchwartz, Sharon, Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 106 Business ManagerSeiwert, Joe, Pretty Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 101 Self-employed,

AgribusinessShultz, Clark, Lindsborg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 73 AuditorSiegfreid, Arlen H., Olathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 15 RealtorSlattery, Mike, Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 24 Project ManagementSloan, Tom, Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 45 Strategic PlannerSpalding, Sheryl, Overland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 29 Retired, Education

ResearcherSuellentrop, Gene M., Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 105 Business OwnerSvaty, Don, Ellsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 108 FarmerSwanson, Vern, Clay Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 64 Retired, SalesSwenson, Dale A., Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 97 RetiredTafanelli, Lee, Ozawkie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 47 Agriculture BiosecurityTalia, Milack, Merriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 23 Business ManagerTietze, Annie, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 56 TeacherTrimmer, Ed, Winfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 78 Retired EducatorVickrey, Jene, Louisburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 6 Floor CoveringWard, Jim, Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 88 AttorneyWetta, Vincent, Wellington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 80 Retired Railroad

EngineerWhitham, Jeff, Garden City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 123 Banker/AttorneyWilliams, Jerry D., Chanute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 8 Retired

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Winn, Valdenia C., Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 34 College ProfessorWolf, Bill (William) M., Great Bend . . . . . . . . . Rep. 112 RetiredWolf, Kay, Prairie Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 21 Business OwnerWorley, Ron, Lenexa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 30 Retired, City of LenexaYoder, Kevin W., Overland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rep. 20 Attorney

* Melanie Meier sworn in January 20, 2010 to replace Don Navinsky, resigned.

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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE

LEGISLATIVE SESSION - 2010

Aging and Long-term Care: Bethell, Chairperson; Hill, Vice-chairperson; Bollier, Do-nohoe, Horst, O’Brien, Schwab, Worley.Williams, Ranking Minority Member; Carlin, Flaharty, Furtado, Phelps.

Agriculture and Natural Resources: Powell, Chairperson; Fund, Vice-chairperson;Bowers, Hayzlett, Hineman, Johnson, Kerschen, Light, Moxley, Prescott, Schroeder, B.Wolf.Lukert, Ranking Minority Member; T. Brown, Maloney, Meier, Palmer, D. Svaty, Wetta.

Appropriations: Yoder, Chairperson; Merrick, Vice-chairperson; Crum, DeGraaf, Do-nohoe, Faber, Hineman, M. Holmes, Kelley, Mast, McLeland, Rhoades, Tafanelli,Whitham.Feuerborn, Ranking Minority Member; Ballard, Burroughs, Carlin, Dillmore, D. Gatewood,Henry, Lane, Williams.

Calendar and Printing: Merrick, Chairperson; O’Neal, Vice-chairperson; Mast,Siegfreid.Ward, Ranking Minority Member; Ballard, Davis.

Commerce and Labor: Brunk, Chairperson; Grange, Vice-chairperson; Bowers, Her-manson, Jack, Kerschen, Pottorff, Prescott, Quigley, Schwab, Suellentrop, B. Wolf, Worley.Ruiz, Ranking Minority Member; Garcia, S. Gatewood, Grant, Henderson, Maloney, Swen-son, Tietze.

Corrections and Juvenile Justice: Colloton, Chairperson; Patton, Vice-chairperson;Bethell, Brookens, Kinzer, Moxley, Roth, Spalding.McCray-Miller, Ranking Minority Member; Barnes, T. Brown, Frownfelter, Pauls.

Economic Development and Tourism: Gordon, Chairperson; Donohoe, Vice-chair-person; George, Hill, Myers, Schwartz, Seiwert, Worley.Benlon, Ranking Minority Member; Flaharty, Furtado, Slattery, Winn.

Education: Aurand, Chairperson; Horst, Vice-chairperson; Bollier, Brookens, Craft, Gor-don, Hill, Huebert, Neufeld, Otto, Roth, Spalding, Vickrey.Winn, Ranking Minority Member; Crow, Flaharty, Loganbill, Mah, Palmer, Phelps,Trimmer.

Elections: Huebert, Chairperson; Schwab, Vice-chairperson; Bethell, Brunk, Horst,O’Brien, Otto.Barnes, Ranking Minority Member; Garcia, Menghini, Peterson.

Energy and Utilities: C. Holmes, Chairperson; Knox, Vice-chairperson; Burgess, Fund,Johnson, Moxley, Myers, O’Brien, Olson, Proehl, Seiwert, Sloan, Swanson.Kuether, Ranking Minority Member; T. Brown, Finney, Long, Neighbor, Slattery, Talia,Wetta.

Federal and State Affairs: Neufeld, Chairperson; Kiegerl, Vice-chairperson; Bowers,A. Brown, Brunk, Carlson, Fund, Hill, M. Holmes, Huebert, Knox, O’Brien, Olson.Loganbill, Ranking Minority Member; Benlon, Grant, Henderson, Peterson, Ruiz, Swenson,Tietze.

Financial Institutions: A. Brown, Chairperson; Proehl, Vice-chairperson; DeGraaf,Goico, Hermanson, Olson, Peck, Shultz.Grant, Ranking Minority Member; Burroughs, Dillmore, Neighbor, Swenson.

Government Efficiency and Fiscal Oversight: Morrison, Chairperson; Burgess, Vice-chairperson; Craft, Neufeld, Roth, Sloan, Spalding, Vickrey.

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Trimmer, Ranking Minority Member; S. Gatewood, Loganbill, McCray-Miller, Ruiz.

Health and Human Services: Landwehr, Chairperson; Crum, Vice-chairperson; Do-nohoe, Gordon, Hermanson, Jack, Mast, Morrison, Otto, Quigley, Rhoades, Schwab,Schroeder, Shultz.Flaharty, Ranking Minority Member; Finney, Furtado, Mah, Neighbor, Slattery, Trimmer,Ward, Winn.

Insurance: Shultz, Chairperson; Peck, Vice-chairperson; A. Brown, Brunk, DeGraaf,Hermanson, Olson, Proehl.Swenson, Ranking Minority Member; Burroughs, Davis, Grant, Neighbor.

Interstate Cooperation: Siegfreid, Chairperson; Merrick, Vice-chairperson; Mast,O’Neal.Crow, Ranking Minority Member; Davis, Ward.

Judiciary: Kinzer, Chairperson; Whitham, Vice-chairperson; Brookens, Colloton,Grange, Jack, King, Kleeb, Patton, Suellentrop, K. Wolf, Yoder.Pauls, Ranking Minority Member; Crow, Goyle, Kuether, Talia, Tietze, Ward.

Local Government: Schwartz, Chairperson; M. Holmes, Vice-chairperson; Goico, Gor-don, Huebert, Otto, Seiwert.Garcia, Ranking Minority Member; Mah, Peterson, Slattery.

Rules and Journal: Shultz, Chairperson; Kinzer, Whitham.Pauls, Vice-chairperson; Trimmer.

Taxation: Carlson, Chairperson; King, Vice-chairperson; A. Brown, George, Goico, Hay-zlett, Kleeb, Light, Peck, Powell, Schroeder, Schwartz, Siegfreid, K. Wolf.Menghini, Ranking Minority Member; Benlon, Frownfelter, Furtado, Hawk, Lukert,McCray-Miller, Rardin, D. Svaty.

Transportation: Hayzlett, Chairperson; Vickrey, Vice-chairperson; Burgess, Kerschen,King, Kleeb, Peck, Prescott, Proehl, Schwartz, Swanson, B. Wolf, Worley.Long, Ranking Minority Member; Ballard, Henry, Maloney, Menghini, Palmer, Rardin,Wetta.

Veterans, Military and Homeland Security: Myers, Chairperson; Goico, Vice-chair-person; Bollier, Craft, George, Horst, Seiwert, Tafanelli, K. Wolf.Goyle, Ranking Minority Member; Crow, Garcia, S. Gatewood, Meier, Phelps.

Vision 2020: Sloan, Chairperson; George, Vice-chairperson; Bollier, Craft, Goico, Horst,Seiwert, Tafanelli, K. Wolf.Hawk, Ranking Minority Member; D. Gatewood, S. Gatewood, Goyle, Meier, D. Svaty.

Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget: Faber, Chairperson; Powell, Vice-chair-person; Grange, C. Holmes, Light.Carlin, Ranking Minority Member; Lukert, Williams.

Education Budget: McLeland, Chairperson; Aurand, Vice-chairperson; Carlson, Land-wehr, Siegfreid.Lane, Ranking Minority Member; Feuerborn, Rardin.

General Government Budget: Whitham, Chairperson; Kelley, Vice-chairperson; Hine-man, Pottorff, Suellentrop.Burroughs, Ranking Minority Member; Dillmore, Talia.

Legislative Budget: Yoder, Chairperson; Merrick, Vice-chairperson; Mast, O’Neal,Siegfreid.Davis, Ranking Minority Member; Phelps, Ward.

Social Services Budget: Mast, Chairperson; Rhoades, Vice-chairperson; Crum, Kiegerl,Knox.Henry, Ranking Minority Member; Ballard, Hawk.

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Transportation and Public Safety Budget: Tafanelli, Chairperson; Swanson, Vice-chairperson; Faber, Pottorff, Quigley.D. Gatewood, Ranking Minority Member; Finney, Frownfelter.

SELECT COMMITTEES

Select Committee on KPERS: Schwartz, Chairperson; Shultz, Vice-chairperson; Carl-son, Olson, Proehl, Whitham.Flaharty, Ranking Minority Member; Lane, Long.

JOINT COMMITTEES

Joint Committee on Administrative Rules & Regulations: C. Holmes, Vice-Chair;Faber, Huebert, Palmer, Patton; Pauls, Trimmer.Senate members: V. Schmidt, Chairperson; Brownlee, Ostmeyer; Lee, Steineger.

Joint Committee on Arts & Cultural Resources: Horst, Vice-Chair; Gordon, Swanson;Carlin, Furtado.Senate members: Schodorf, Chairperson; Lynn, Umbarger; Faust-Goudeau, Francisco.

Joint Committee on Children’s Issues: Kiergerl, Vice-Chair; DeGraaf, Otto; Crow,Winn.Senate members: Lynn, Chairperson; Reitz, Wagle; Haley, Faust-Goudeau.

Joint Committee on Corrections & Juvenile Justice Oversight: Colloton, Vice-Chair;Craft, Grange, Patton; D. Gatewood, Henry, Ward.Senate members: Brungardt, Chairperson; Brownlee, Bruce, Owens, Kelsey; Haley, Lee.

Joint Committee on Economic Development: Gordon, Vice-Chair; Donohoe,George, Schwartz, Seiwert; Benlon, Slattery, Winn.Senate members: Brownlee, Chairperson; Lynn, Marshall; Faust-Goudeau, Holland.

Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy: C. Holmes, Vice-Chair; M.Holmes, Knox, Sloan; Neighbor, Wetta.Senate members: McGinn, Chairperson; Apple, Reitz, Taddiken; Lee.

Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight: Landwehr, Chairperson; Bethell, Hill,Mast; Ruiz, Ward.Senate members: Barnett, Vice-Chair; V. Schmidt, Reitz, Colyer; Haley, Kelly.

Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight: Bethell,Chairperson; Landwehr, Mast; Henry, McCray-Miller.Senate members: McGinn, Vice-Chair; Umbarger; Kelly, Kultala.

Joint Committee on Information Technology: McLeland, Vice-Chair; Burgess, Mor-rison; Dillmore, Lane.Senate members: Huelskamp, Chairperson; Petersen, V. Schmidt; Holland, Steineger.

Joint Committee on Kansas Security: Goico, Vice-Chair; Johnson, Tafanelli; Loganbill,Menghini.Senate members: Emler, Chairperson, McGinn, Owens; Lee, Hensley.

Legislative Post Audit: Grange, Vice-Chair; Mast, Peck; Burroughs, Mah.Senate members: Bruce, Chairperson; D. Schmidt, Umbarger; Hensley, Steineger.

Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments & Benefits: Olson, Vice-Chair; Carlson,Proehl, Schwartz, Whitham; Flaharty, Long, Swenson.Senate members: Morris, Chairperson; Teichman, Emler; Kelly, Hensley.

Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State: M. Holmes, Vice-Chair; Fund,Huebert, King, Patton; Feuerborn, Grant, Henderson.Senate members: Owens, Chairperson; Bruce, Masterson, Pyle; Kultala.

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Joint Committee on State Building Construction: Pottorff, Vice-Chair; Brunk, M.Holmes; Feuerborn, Grant.Senate members: Umbarger, Chairperson; Apple, Emler; Francisco, Kelly.

Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations: Knox, Chairperson; Rhoades, K. Wolf;Barnes, Lukert.Senate members: Brungardt, Vice-Chair; Pyle, Vratil; Haley, Kultala.

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HOUSE MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION2010 SESSION

DSOB is 7th Floor, Docking State Office BuildingR.M. Member denotes Ranking Minority Member.

Aurand, Clay Office: 174-W 785-296-76721995 District: 109 RepublicanEducation Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Education Budget Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. 159-S2010 Commission Member On Call

Ballard, Barbara Office: 451-S 785-296-76971993 District: 44 DemocratAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-STransportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Social Services Budget Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785Calendar & Printing Member On Call

Barnes, Melany Office: DSOB 785-296-71221999-2002; 10/17/2009 District: 95 DemocratCorrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SElections R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SJt. Comm. on State-Tribal Relations Member On Call

Benlon, Lisa Office: 452-S 785-296-76471991-2002 (R); 2009(D) District: 22 DemocratTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SEconomic Devel. & Tourism R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SJt. Comm. on Economic Devel. Member On Call

Bethell, Bob Office: 55-S 785-296-76161999 District: 113 RepublicanCorrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SElections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SAging & Long Term Care Chair 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Health Policy Oversight Member On CallJt. Comm. on Home & Comm. Based Services

OversightChair On Call

Bollier, Barbara Office: DSOB 785-296-76901/11/2010 District: 25 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & HomelandSecurity

Member 1:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 785

Aging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784

Bowers, Elaine Office: 54-S 785-296-76422007 District: 107 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SAg. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSExiv

Brookens, J. Office: DSOB 785-296-76992009 District: 70 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Corrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

Brown, Anthony Office: 151-S 785-296-76792005 District: 38 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SFinancial Institutions Chair 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-S

Brown, Tony Office: DSOB 785-296-76482009 District: 10 DemocratEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783Corrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-S

Brunk, Steven Office: 166-W 785-296-76452003 District: 85 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SElections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SInsurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SJt. Comm. on State Building

ConstructionMember On Call

Burgess, Mike Office: DSOB 785-296-76532003 District: 51 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Gov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. 546-SJt. Comm. on Information Tech. Member On Call

Burroughs, Tom Office: 43-S 785-296-78851997 District: 33 DemocratAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SGeneral Government Budget R.M. Member 1:30 p.m. 159-SInsurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SFinancial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Legislative Post Audit Member On Call

Carlin, Sydney Office: 451-S 785-296-76572003 District: 66 DemocratAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SAg. & Natural Resources Budget R.M. Member 1:30 p.m. 142-SAging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Arts & Cultural

ResourcesMember On Call

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Carlson, Richard Office: 274-W 785-296-76602005 District: 61 RepublicanTaxation Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SEducation Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 159-SSelect Committee on KPERS Member On CallJt. Comm. on Pensions, Investments &

BenefitsMember On Call

Colloton, Pat Office: 151-S 785-296-76312005 District: 28 RepublicanCorrections & Juvenile Justice Chair 1:30 p.m. 144-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SJt. Comm. on Corrections & Juvenile

Justice OversightVice-Chair On Call

Craft, Barbara Office: 54-S 785-296-76422003 District: 65 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland

SecurityMember 1:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 785

Gov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-S

Crow, Marti Office: DSOB 785-296-76431997 District: 41 DemocratEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Veterans, Military & Homeland


Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SInterstate Cooperation R.M. Member On CallJt. Comm. on Children’s Issues Member On Call

Crum, J. David Office: 165-W 785-296-60142007 District: 77 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SHealth & Human Services Vice-Chair 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Social Services Budget Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785

Davis, Paul Office: 359-W 785-296-76302003 District: 46 DemocratCalendar & Printing Member On CallLegislative Budget R.M. Member On CallInterstate Cooperation Member On CallInsurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-S

DeGraaf, Peter Office: DSOB 785-296-76535/29/2008 District: 81 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SFinancial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SJt. Comm. on Children’s Issues Member On Call

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Dillmore, Nile Office: 452-S 785-296-76472001 District: 92 DemocratFinancial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Information Tech. Member On CallAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SGeneral Government Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 159-S

Donohoe, Owen Office: 173-W 785-296-76822007 District: 39 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Economic Devel. & Tourism Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SAging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Economic Devel. Member On Call

Faber, John Office: 167-W 785-296-75001997 District: 120 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SAg. & Natural Resources Budget Chair 1:30 p.m. 142-STransp. & Public Safety Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 142-SJt. Comm. on Administrative Rules &

RegulationsMember On Call

Feuerborn, Bill Office: 47-S 785-296-76886/4/94 District: 5 DemocratAppropriations R.M. Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SEducation Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 159-SLegislative Budget Member On CallJt. Comm. on Special Claims Against

the StateMember On Call

Jt. Comm. on State BuildingConstruction

Member On Call

Finney, Gail Office: DSOB 785-296-76682009 District: 84 DemocratEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Transp. & Public Safety Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 142-S

Flaharty, Geraldine Office: DSOB 785-296-765111/21/1995 District: 98 DemocratEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Health & Human Services R.M. Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Aging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Select Committee on KPERS R.M. Member On CallEconomic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SJt. Comm. on Pensions, Investments &


Frownfelter, Stan Office: DSOB 785-296-76772007 District: 31 DemocratTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Corrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-STransp. & Public Safety Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 142-S

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Fund, Rocky Office: 168-W 785-296-76712007 District: 50 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SAg. & Natural Resources Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783Jt. Comm. on Special Claims Against

the StateVice-Chair On Call

Furtado, Dolores Office: DSOB 785-296-76772009 District: 19 DemocraticTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Aging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SJt. Comm. on Arts & Cultural


Garcia, Delia Office: 451-S 785-296-68382005 District: 103 DemocratCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Veterans, Military & Homeland


Local Government R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SElections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-S

Gatewood, Doug Office: 43-S 785-296-76981999 District: 1 DemocratAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SVision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Transp. & Public Safety Budget R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. 142-SJt. Comm. on Corrections & Juvenile

Justice OversightMember On Call

Gatewood, Sean Office: DSOB 785-296-76772009 District: 57 DemocratCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland


Gov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-S

George, Pat Office: 268-W 785-296-76552005 District: 119 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Vision 2020 Vice-Chair 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland


Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SJt. Comm. on Economic Devel. Member On Call

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Goico, Mario Office: 168-W 785-296-76632003 District: 100 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland

SecurityVice-Chair 1:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 785

Financial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Local Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SJt. Comm. on Kansas Security Vice-Chair On Call

Gordon, Lana Office: 151-S 785-296-76522001 District: 52 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Economic Devel. & Tourism Chair 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SLocal Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SJt. Comm. on Arts & Cultural

ResourcesVice-Chair On Call

Jt. Comm. on Economic Devel. Vice-Chair On Call

Goyle, Raj Office: DSOB 785-296-76482007 District: 87 DemocratVision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland

SecurityR.M. Member 1:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 785

Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

Grange, John Office: 268-W 785-296-76552005 District: 75 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Vice-Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Ag. & Natural Resources Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 142-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SJt. Comm. on Corrections & Juvenile


Jt. Comm. on Legislative Post Audit Member On Call

Grant, Robert Office: 451-S 785-296-76507/18/91-1994; 1997 District: 2 DemocratCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SFinancial Institutions R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SJt. Comm. on Special Claims Against


Jt. Comm. on State BuildingConstruction

Member On Call

Hawk, Tom Office: DSOB 785-296-76652005 District: 67 DemocratTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Vision 2020 R.M. Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Social Services Budget Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785

Hayzlett, Gary Office: 274-W 785-296-76401991 District: 122 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Transportation Chair 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

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Henderson, Broderick Office: 451-S 785-296-76971995 District: 35 DemocratCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SJt. Comm. on Special Claims Against


Henry, Jerry Office: 47-S 785-296-76881993 District: 63 DemocratAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-STransportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Social Services Budget R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785Jt. Comm. on Corrections & Juvenile


Joint Committee on Home & Comm.Based Services Oversight

Member On Call

Hermanson, Phil Office: DSOB 785-296-76992009 District: 96 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Financial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-S

Hill, Don Office: 54-S 785-296-76362003 District: 60 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SEconomic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SAging & Long Term Care Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Health Policy Oversight Member On Call

Hineman, Don Office: DSOB 785-296-76902009 District: 118 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SGeneral Government Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 159-SAg. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Holmes, Carl Office: 174-W 785-296-76701985 District: 125 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Ag. & Natural Resources Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 142-SJt. Comm. on Administrative Rules &

RegulationsVice-Chair On Call

Joint Committee on Energy &Environmental Policy

Vice-Chair On Call

Holmes, Mitch Office: 268-W 785-296-76672005 District: 114 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SFederal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SLocal Government Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SJoint Committee on Energy &

Environmental PolicyMember On Call

Jt. Comm. on Special Claims Againstthe State

Vice-Chair On Call

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Horst, Deena Office: 176-W 785-296-75011995 District: 69 RepublicanEducation Vice-Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland


Elections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SAging & Long Term Care Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Arts & Cultural

ResourcesVice-Chair On Call

Huebert, Steve Office: 149-S 785-296-17542001 District: 90 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SElections Chair 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SLocal Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SJt. Comm. on Administrative Rules &



Member On Call

Jack, Aaron Office: DSOB 785-296-76442009 District: 99 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

Johnson, Dan Office: 167-W 785-296-76491997 District: 110 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783Jt. Comm. on Kansas Security Member On Call

Kelley, Kasha Office: 167-W 786-296-76712005 District: 79 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SGeneral Government Budget Vice-Chair 1:30 p.m. 159-S

Kerschen, Dan Office: DSOB 785-296-76442009 District: 93 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Kiegerl, S. Mike Office: 173-W 785-296-76822005 District: 43 RepublicanFederal & State Affairs Vice-Chair 1:30 p.m. 346-SSocial Services Budget Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785Jt. Comm. on Children’s Issues Vice-Chair On Call

King, Jeff Office: 268-W 785-296-76672007 District: 12 RepublicanTaxation Vice-Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SJt. Comm. on Special Claims Against


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Kinzer, Lance Office: 165-W 785-296-76927/27/2004 District: 14 RepublicanCorrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SJudiciary Chair 3:30 p.m. 346-SRules & Journal Member On Call

Kleeb, Marvin Office: DSOB 785-296-76562009 District: 48 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

Knox, Forrest Office: 167-W 785-296-76712005 District: 13 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Vice-Chair 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SSocial Services Budget Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785Joint Committee on Energy &


Jt. Comm. on State-Tribal Relations Chair On Call

Kuether, Annie Office: 452-S 785-296-76691997 District: 55 DemocratEnergy & Utilities R.M. Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

Landwehr, Brenda Office: 151-S 785-296-76831995 District: 91 RepublicanHealth & Human Services Chair 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Education Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 159-SJt. Comm. on Health Policy Oversight Chair On CallJoint Committee on Home & Comm.

Based Services OversightMember On Call

Lane, Harold Office: 43-S 785-296-76988/20/2003 District: 58 DemocratAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SEducation Budget R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. 159-SSelect Committee on KPERS Member On CallJt. Comm. on Information Tech. Member On Call

Light, Bill Office: 54-S 785-296-76361999 District: 124 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 142-SAg. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Loganbill, Judith Office: 452-W 785-296-76692001 District: 86 DemocratEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Federal & State Affairs R.M. Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SGov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-SJt. Comm. on Kansas Security Member On Call

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Long, Margaret Office: DSOB 785-296-76432/9/1998 District: 36 DemocratEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Transportation R.M. Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Select Committee on KPERS Member On CallJt. Comm. on Pensions, Investments &


Lukert, Steve Office: DSOB 785-296-76511/3/06 District: 62 DemocratTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 142-SAg. & Natural Resources R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783Jt. Comm. on State-Tribal Relations Member On Call

Mah, Ann Office: DSOB 785-296-76682005 District: 53 DemocratEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Local Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Jt. Comm. on Legislative Post Audit Member On Call

Maloney, Patrick Office: DSOB 785-296-76512009 District: 116 DemocratCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Mast, Peggy Office: DSOB 785-296-76851997 District: 76 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Social Services Budget Chair 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785Calendar & Printing Member On CallInterstate Cooperation Member On CallLegislative Budget Member On CallJt. Comm. on Health Policy Oversight Member On CallJt. Comm. On Legislative Post Audit Member On CallJt. Comm. on Home & Comm. Based

ServicesMember On Call

McCray-Miller, Melody Office: DSOB 785-296-76872005 District: 89 DemocratTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Corrections & Juvenile Justice R.M. Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SGov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-S

McLeland, Joe Office: 458-W 785-296-76812001 District: 94 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SEducation Budget Chair 3:30 p.m. 159-SJt. Comm. on Information Tech. Vice-Chair On Call

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Meier, Melanie Office: DSOB 785-296-76682009 (resigned 2/21/09); 1/20/10 District: 40 DemocratVision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland


Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Menghini, Julie Office: DSOB 785-296-76872005 District: 3 DemocratTaxation R.M. Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Elections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SJt. Comm. on Kansas Security Member On Call

Merrick, Ray Office: 372-W 785-296-76621/6/2000 District: 27 RepublicanAppropriations Vice-Chair 9:00 a.m. 346-SCalendar & Printing Chair On CallInterstate Cooperation Vice-Chair On CallLegislative Budget Vice-Chair On Call

Morrison, Jim Office: 274-W 785-296-76769/4/1992 District: 121 RepublicanHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Gov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Chair 3:30 p.m. 546-SJt. Comm. on Information Tech. Member On Call

Moxley, Tom Office: DSOB 785-296-76962007 District: 68 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Corrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SAg. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Myers, Don Office: 561-W 785-296-76951993 District: 82 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SVeterans, Military & Homeland

SecurityChair 1:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 785

Neighbor, Cindy Office: DSOB 785-296-76872003-2004 (R); 2007 (D) District: 18 DemocratEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Financial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SJoint Committee on Energy &


Neufeld, Melvin Office: 149-S 785-296-76861985-1988; 1991 District: 115 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Federal & State Affairs Chair 1:30 p.m. 346-SGov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-S

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O’Brien, Connie Office: DSOB 785-296-76562009 District: 42 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SElections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SAging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784

O’Neal, Michael Office: 370-W 296-23021985 District: 104 RepublicanCalendar & Printing Vice-Chair On CallInterstate Cooperation Member On CallLegislative Budget Member On Call

Olson, Robert (Rob) Office: 561-W 785-296-76322005 District: 26 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SFinancial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SSelect Committee on KPERS Member On CallJt. Comm. on Pensions, Investments &

BenefitsVice-Chair On Call

Otto, Bill Office: DSOB 785-296-76562005 District: 9 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Elections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SLocal Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SJt. Comm. on Children’s Issues Member On Call

Palmer, Shirley Office: DSOB 785-296-76462007 District: 4 DemocratAg. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783Education Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Jt. Comm. on Administrative Rules &


Patton, Joe Office: 459-W 785-296-76412007 District: 54 RepublicanCorrections & Juvenile Justice Vice-Chair 1:30 p.m. 144-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SJt. Comm. on Administrative Rules &


Jt. Comm. on Corrections & JuvenileJustice Oversight

Member On Call


Member On Call

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Pauls, Janice Office: 451-S 785-296-76579/4/1991 District: 102 DemocratCorrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SJudiciary R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SRules & Journal Vice-Chair On CallJt. Comm. on Corrections & Juvenile


Jt. Comm. on Administrative Rules &Regulations

Member On Call

Peck, Virgil Office: 459-W 785-296-76412005 District: 11 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Financial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SJt. Comm. on Legislative Post Audit Vice-Chair On Call

Peterson, Michael Office: 276-W 785-296-76911979-1990;2005 District: 37 DemocratFederal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SLocal Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SElections Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-S

Phelps, Eber Office: 276-W 785-296-76911997 District: 111 DemocratEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Veterans, Military & Homeland


Aging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784Legislative Budget Member On Call

Pottorff, Jo Ann Office: 176-W 785-296-75011985 District: 83 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784General Government Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 159-STransp. & Public Safety Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 142-SJt. Comm. on State Building

ConstructionVice-Chair On Call

Powell, Larry Office: 149-S 785-296-76942001 District: 117 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Budget Vice-Chair 1:30 p.m. 142-SAg. & Natural Resources Chair 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Prescott, William Office: DSOB 785-296-76442009 District: 59 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

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Proehl, Richard Office: 50-S 785-296-763912/21/05 District: 7 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Financial Institutions Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SSelect Comm. on KPERS Member On CallJt. Comm. on Pensions, Investments

and BenefitsMember On Call

Quigley, Jill Office: 173-W 785-296-76891/15/2008 District: 17 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Transp. & Public Safety Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 142-S

Rardin, Gene Office: DSOB 785-296-76462007 District: 16 DemocratTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Education Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 159-S

Rhoades, Marc Office: 173-W 785-296-76822007 District: 72 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Social Services Budget Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. DSOB 785

Roth, Charles Office: 173-W 785-296-76892/7/2005 District: 71 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Corrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SGov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-S

Ruiz, Louis Office: DSOB 785-296-71222005 District: 32 DemocratCommerce & Labor R.M. Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SGov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-SJt. Comm. on Health Policy Oversight Member On Call

Schroeder, Don Office: 173-W 785-296-76892007 District: 74 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Schwab, Scott Office: 561-W 785-296-76322003-2006; 5/27/2008 District: 49 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Elections Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. M/W 144-SAging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784

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Schwartz, Sharon Office: 149-S 785-296-76371997 District: 106 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SLocal Government Chair 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SSelect Committee on KPERS Chair On CallJt. Comm. on Pensions, Investments, &


Jt. Comm. on Econ. Devel. Member On Call

Seiwert, Joe Office: DSOB 785-296-76992009 District: 101 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland


Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SLocal Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-S

Shultz, Clark Office: 166-W 785-296-76841997 District: 73 RepublicanHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Financial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance Chair 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SRules & Journal Chair On CallSelect Committee on KPERS Vice-Chair On Call

Siegfreid, Arlen Office: 352-S 785-291-35002003 District: 15 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Education Budget Member 3:30 p.m. 159-SCalendar & Printing Member On CallInterstate Cooperation Chair On CallLegislative Budget Member On Call

Slattery, Mike Office: DSOB 785-296-76652009 District: 24 DemocraticHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SLocal Government Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 144-SJt. Comm. on Economic Devel. Member On CallEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785

Sloan, Tom Office: 55-S 785-296-76541995 District: 45 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Vision 2020 Chair 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Gov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-SJoint Committee on Energy &


Spalding, Sheryl Office: 167-W 785-296-76492007 District: 29 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Corrections & Juvenile Justice Member 1:30 p.m. 144-SGov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-S

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Suellentrop, Gene Office: DSOB 785-296-769012/10/2009 District: 105 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784General Government Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 159-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

Svaty, Don Office: DSOB 785-296-764308/05/2009 District: 108 DemocratAg. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783Taxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785

Swanson, Vern Office: DSOB 785-296-76962007 District: 64 RepublicanEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Transp. & Public Safety Budget Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. 142-SJt. Comm. on Arts & Cultural


Swenson, Dale Office: 43-S 785-296-78851995-2008(R); 2009(D) District: 97 DemocratCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SFinancial Institutions Member 3:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 784Insurance R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. T/R 152-SJt. Comm. on Arts & Cultural


Jt. Comm. on Pensions, Investment &Benefits

Member On Call

Tafanelli, Lee Office: 50-S 785-296-76392001-2004; 2006 District: 47 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SVision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland


Transp. & Public Safety Budget Chair 3:30 p.m. 142-SJt. Comm. on Kansas Security Member On Call

Talia, Milack Office: DSOB 785-296-76462009 District: 23 DemocraticEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785General Government Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 159-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

Tietze, Annie Office: DSOB 785-296-76482007 District: 56 DemocratCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Federal & State Affairs Member 1:30 p.m. 346-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-S

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Trimmer, Ed Office: DSOB 785-296-71228/19/2005 District: 78 DemocratEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Gov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. 546-SRules & Journal Member On CallJt. Comm. on Administrative Rules &


Vickrey, Jene Office: 165-W 785-296-60141993 District: 6 RepublicanEducation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Transportation Vice-Chair 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Gov’t. Efficiency & Fiscal Oversight Member 3:30 p.m. 546-S

Ward, Jim Office: 359-W 785-296-76752003 District: 88 DemocratHealth & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SCalendar & Printing R.M. Member On CallInterstate Cooperation Member On CallLegislative Budget Member On CallJt. Comm. on Corrections & Juvenile


Jt. Comm. on Health Policy Oversight Member On Call

Wetta, Vincent Office: DSOB 785-296-76652007 District: 80 DemocratEnergy & Utilities Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 785Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783Joint Committee on Energy &


Whitham, Jeff Office: 351-S 785-296-76802007 District: 123 RepublicanAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SGeneral Government Budget Chair 1:30 p.m. 159-SJudiciary Vice-Chair 3:30 p.m. 346-SRules & Journal Member On CallJt. Comm. on Pensions, Investments &


Select Comm. on KPERS Member On Call

Williams, Jerry Office: 451-S 785-296-76502001 District: 8 DemocratAppropriations Member 9:00 a.m. 346-SAg. & Natural Resources Budget Member 1:30 p.m. 142-SAging & Long Term Care R.M. Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784

Winn, Valdenia Office: 451-S 785-296-68382001 District: 34 DemocratEducation R.M. Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 711Health & Human Services Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 784Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SJt. Comm. on Children’s Issues Member On CallJt. Comm. on Economic Devel. Member On Call

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Wolf, Kay Office: 168-W 785-296-76638/8/2005 District: 21 RepublicanTaxation Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 783Vision 2020 Member 1:30 p.m. M/W DSOB 785Veterans, Military & Homeland


Judiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SJt. Comm. on State-Tribal Relations Member On Call

Wolf, William Office: DSOB 785-296-76532007 District: 112 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Ag. & Natural Resources Member 3:30 p.m. DSOB 783

Worley, Ron Office: 168-W 785-296-76632007 District: 30 RepublicanCommerce & Labor Member 9:00 a.m. DSOB 784Transportation Member 1:30 p.m. DSOB 783Economic Devel. & Tourism Member 3:30 p.m. M/W 152-SAging & Long Term Care Member 3:30 p.m. T/R DSOB 784

Yoder, Kevin Office: 351-S 785-296-76932003 District: 20 RepublicanAppropriations Chair 9:00 a.m. 346-SJudiciary Member 3:30 p.m. 346-SLegislative Budget Chair On Call

Constitutional Provisions

Concerning the

Kansas Legislature

State of Kansas

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KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS CONCERNINGLEGISLATIVE POWERS

Article 2.—LEGISLATIVE

§ 1. Legislative power.—The legislative power of this state shall bevested in a house of representatives and senate.

§ 2. Senators and representatives.—The number of representa-tives and senators shall be regulated by law, but shall not exceed onehundred twenty-five representatives and forty senators. Representativesand senators shall be elected from single-member districts prescribed bylaw. Representatives shall be elected for two year terms. Senators shallbe elected for four year terms. The terms of representatives and senatorsshall commence on the second Monday of January of the year followingelection.

§ 3. Compensation of members of legislature.—The members ofthe legislature shall receive such compensation as may be provided bylaw or such compensation as is determined according to law.

§ 4. Qualifications of members.—During the time that any personis a candidate for nomination or election to the legislature and during theterm of each legislator, such candidate or legislator shall be and remaina qualified elector who resides in his or her district.

§ 5. Eligibility and disqualification of members.—No member ofcongress and no civil officer or employee of the United States or of anydepartment, agency, or instrumentality thereof shall be eligible to be amember of the legislature. Any member of the legislature who acceptsany appointment or election contrary to the foregoing shall be disqualifiedas a member of the legislature..

§ 6. This section was eliminated by the 1974 revision of this article.


§ 8. Organization and sessions.—The legislature shall meet in reg-ular session annually commencing on the second Monday in January, andall sessions shall be held at the state capital. The duration of regularsessions held in even-numbered years shall not exceed ninety calendardays. such sessions may be extended beyond ninety calendar days by anaffirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house. Billsand concurrent resolutions under consideration by the legislature uponadjournment of a regular session held in an odd-numbered year may beconsidered at the next succeeding regular session held in an even-num-bered year, as if there had been no such adjournment.

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The legislature shall be organized concurrently with the terms of rep-resentatives except that the senate shall remain organized during theterms of senators. The president of the senate shall preside over thesenate, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall preside overthe house of representatives. A majority of the members than elected (orappointed) and qualified of the house of representatives or the senateshall constitute a quorum of that house. Neither house, without the con-sent of the other, shall adjourn for more than two days, Sundays excepted.Each house shall elect its presiding officer and determine the rules of itsproceedings, except that the two houses may adopt joint rules on certainmatters and provide for the manner of change thereof. Each house shallprovide for the expulsion or censure of members in appropriate cases.each house shall be the judge of elections, returns and qualifications ofits own members.

§ 9. Vacancies in legislature.—All vacancies occurring in eitherhouse shall be filled as provided by law.

§ 10. Journals.—Each house shall publish a journal of its proceed-ings. The affirmative and negative votes upon the final passage of everybill and every concurrent resolution for amendment of this constitutionor ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the United Statesshall be entered in the journal. Any member of either house may makewritten protest against any act or resolution, and the same shall be enteredin the journal without delay or alteration.


§ 12. Origination by either house.—Bills and concurrent resolu-tions may originate in either house, but may be amended or rejected bythe other.

§ 13. Majority for passage of bills.—A majority of the membersthen elected (or appointed) and qualified of each house, voting in theaffirmative, shall be necessary to pass any bill. Two-thirds (2⁄3) of themembers then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house, votingin the affirmative, shall be necessary to ratify any amendment to theConstitution of the United States or to make any application for congressto call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of theUnited States.

§ 14. Approval of bills; vetoes.—(a) Within ten days after passage,every bill shall be signed by the presiding officers and presented to thegovernor. If the governor approves a bill, he shall sign it. If the governordoes not approve a bill, the governor shall veto it by returning the bill,with a veto message of the objections, to the house of origin of the bill.Whenever a veto message is so received, the message shall be entered inthe journal and in not more than thirty calendar days (excluding the dayreceived), the house of origin shall reconsider the bill. If two-thirds of

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the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified shall vote to passthe bill, it shall be sent, with the veto message, to the other house, whichshall in not more than thirty calendar days (excluding the day received)also reconsider the bill, and if approved by two-thirds of the membersthen elected (or appointed) and qualified, it shall become a law, notwith-standing the governor’s veto.

If any bill shall not be returned within ten calendar days (excluding theday presented) after it shall have been presented to the governor, it shallbecome a law in like manner as if it had been signed by the governor.

(b) If any bill presented to the governor contains several items of ap-propriation of money, one or more of such items may be disapproved bythe governor while the other portion of the bill is approved by the gov-ernor. In case the governor does so disapprove, a veto message of thegovernor stating the item or items disapproved, and the reasons therefor,shall be appended to the bill at the time it is signed, and the bill shall bereturned with the veto message to the house of origin of the bill. When-ever a veto message is so received, the message shall be entered in thejournal and, in not more than thirty calendar days, the house of originshall reconsider the items of the bill which have been disapproved. If two-thirds of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified shallvote to approve any item disapproved by the governor, the bill, with theveto message, shall be sent to the other house, which shall in not morethan thirty calendar days also reconsider each such item so approved bythe house of origin, and if approved by two-thirds of all the membersthen elected (or appointed) and qualified, any such item shall take effectand become a part of the bill.

§ 15. Requirements before bill passed.—No bill shall be passed onthe day that it is introduced, unless in case of emergency declared bytwo-thirds of the members present in the house where a bill is pending.

§ 16. Subject and title of bills; amendment or revival of stat-utes.—No bill shall contain more than one subject, except appropriationbills and bills for revision or codification of statutes. The subject of eachbill shall be expressed in its title. No law shall be revived or amended,unless the new act contain the entire act revived or the section or sectionsamended, and the section or sections so amended shall be repealed. Theprovisions of this section shall be liberally construed to effectuate the actsof the legislature.

§ 17. Uniform operation of laws of a general nature.—All laws ofa general nature shall have a uniform operation throughout the state:Provided, The legislature may designate areas in counties that have be-come urban in character as ‘‘urban areas’’ and enact special laws givingto any one or more of such counties or urban areas such powers of localgovernment and consolidation of local government as the legislature maydeem proper.

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§ 18. Election or appointment of officers; filling vacancies.—The legislature may provide for the election or appointment of all officersand the filling of all vacancies not otherwise provided for in thisconstitution.

§ 19. Publication of acts.—No act shall take effect until the enactingbill is published as provided by law.

§ 20. Enacting clause of bills; laws enacted only by bill.—Theenacting clause of all bills shall be ‘‘Be it enacted by the Legislature ofthe State of Kansas:’’. No law shall be enacted except by bill.

§ 21. Delegation of powers’ of local legislation and administra-tion.—The legislature may confer powers of local legislation and admin-istration upon political subdivisions.

§ 22. Legislative immunity.—For any speech, written document ordebate in either house, the members shall not be questioned elsewhere.No member of the legislature shall be subject to arrest—except for trea-son, felony or breach of the peace—in going to, or returning from, theplace of meeting, or during the continuance of the session; neither shallhe be subject to the service of any civil process during the session, norfor fifteen days previous to its commencement.


§ 24. Appropriations.—No money shall be drawn from the treasuryexcept in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by law.


§ 26. This section was repealed by the adoption of 1972 HCR 1097,on Aug. 1, 1972.

§ 27. Impeachment.—The house of representatives shall have thesole power to impeach. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate;and when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall take an oath to dojustice according to the law and the evidence. No person shall be con-victed without the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators then elected(or appointed) and qualified.

§ 28. Officers impeachable; grounds; punishment.—The gover-nor and all other officers under this constitution, shall be removed fromoffice on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or otherhigh crimes and misdemeanors.


§ 30. Delegations to interstate bodies.—The legislature may con-fer legislative powers upon interstate bodies, comprised of officers of thisstate or its political subdivisions acting in conjunction with officers ofother jurisdictions, relating to the functions thereof. Any such delegation,and any agreement made thereunder shall be subject to limitation, changeor termination by the legislature, unless contained in a compact approvedby the congress.

Joint Rules

of the

Senate and

House of Representatives

State of Kansas

2009-2010

(Amended)January 2010

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Joint Rule 1. Adoption, amendment, suspension and revocation of rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliiiJoint Rule 2. Joint sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliiiJoint Rule 3. Conference committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlivJoint Rule 4. Deadlines for introduction and consideration of bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlviiJoint Rule 5. Closure of meetings to consider matters relating to security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlix

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JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE ANDHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

2009-2010

Joint rule 1. Joint rules; application and date of expiration; adop-tion, amendment, suspension and revocation. (a) Joint rules; expi-ration, adoption, amendment, suspension and revocation; vote required.Joint rules are adopted under the authority of section 8 of article 2 of theConstitution of the State of Kansas and shall govern matters made subjectthereto except when otherwise specifically provided by joint rule. Jointrules shall expire at the conclusion of the terms of representatives. Jointrules shall be adopted, amended, suspended and revoked by concurrentresolution of the two houses of the legislature. Concurrent resolutionsadopting joint rules shall receive the affirmative vote of not less than amajority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified ineach house.

(b) Amendment, suspension or revocation of joint rules; previous notice;vote required. After one day’s previous notice, joint rules may beamended, suspended or revoked by the affirmative vote of not less thana majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified ineach house. Upon the filing of such notice in either house, a messageshall be sent to the other house advising of the filing of such notice andthe reading of the message shall constitute notice to the members of suchhouse. If such previous notice is not given, the affirmative vote of 2⁄3 ofthe members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each houseshall be required for the amendment, suspension or revocation of a jointrule.

(c) Amendment, suspension or revocation of joint rules at commence-ment of legislative session; vote required; conditions. Notwithstanding anyprovision of this rule to the contrary, no notice shall be required for theadoption of a concurrent resolution amending, suspending or revokingany one or more joint rules at the commencement of a legislative session,and adoption of any such concurrent resolution shall require only theaffirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members then elected(or appointed) and qualified in each house, subject to the following con-ditions: (1) The concurrent resolution is sponsored by the speaker or thepresident, and (2) either (a) a copy thereof is mailed to each member ofthe legislature by deposit in the United States mails not later than 11:00p.m. on the Thursday preceding the Monday on which the legislativesession is to commence or (b) in lieu of mailing, copies of the concurrentresolution are made available to members on the first day of the legislativesession and final action is taken on a subsequent legislative day.

Joint rule 2. Joint sessions. (a) Joint session called by concurrentresolution; vote required; time, place and subject matter. A joint sessionof the senate and house of representatives may be called by concurrent

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resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority ofthe members elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house of thelegislature or as may otherwise be prescribed by law. Any such resolutionshall fix the time and place of the joint session, and the subject matter tobe considered at the joint session. Joint sessions shall consider only suchmatters as are prescribed by law or by the concurrent resolution callingsuch joint session.

(b) Presiding officer at joint sessions; record of joint session; rules ap-plicable. The speaker of the house of representatives shall preside at alljoint sessions of the senate and house of representatives, and the clerk ofthe house of representatives shall keep a record of the proceedingsthereof and shall enter the record of each such session in the journal ofthe house of representatives. The rules of the house of representativesand the joint rules of the two houses, insofar as the same may be appli-cable shall be the rules for joint sessions of the two houses.

(c) Votes in joint session; taking; requirements. All votes in a joint ses-sion shall be taken by yeas and nays, and in taking the same it shall bethe duty of the secretary of the senate first to call the names of themembers of the senate, and after which the clerk of the house of repre-sentatives shall in like manner call the names of the members of thehouse. Each member of the senate and the house of representatives pres-ent shall be required to vote on all matters considered in joint session,unless excused by a vote of a majority of the members of both housespresent.

Joint rule 3. Conference committee procedure. (a) Action byhouse of origin of bill or concurrent resolution amended by other house.When a bill or concurrent resolution is returned to the house of originwith amendments by the other house, the house of origin may: (1) Concurin such amendments; (2) refuse to concur in such amendments; or (3)refuse to concur in such amendments and request a conference on thebill or concurrent resolution.

(b) Concurrence by house of origin; concurrence prior to taking actionon conference committee report by other house; final action; effect of fail-ure of motion to concur. The house of origin of any bill or concurrentresolution may concur in any amendments made by the other house,except that if the bill or concurrent resolution has been referred to aconference committee such action may only be taken prior to the takingof final action upon the conference committee report upon such bill orconcurrent resolution by the other house. A vote in the house of originof any bill or concurrent resolution on a motion to concur in amendmentsto such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house shall be consid-ered action on the final passage of the bill or concurrent resolution andthe affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be entered in the journal.If the motion to concur is upon amendments to a bill or concurrent res-olution for which a conference committee has been appointed and action

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has not been taken upon the report of such committee by the other houseand such motion fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall not bedeemed to have been killed thereby, but if the motion to concur is uponamendments to a bill or concurrent resolution for which a conferencecommittee has not been appointed and such motion fails, the bill or con-current resolution shall be deemed to be killed.

(c) Motion to nonconcur; when considered final action; effect of adop-tion of motion. A vote in the house of origin of any bill or concurrentresolution on a motion to nonconcur or to refuse to concur in amend-ments to such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house which isnot coupled with a request for the appointment of a conference com-mittee shall be considered action on final passage of the bill or concurrentresolution and the affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be enteredin the journal, and the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed killedon the adoption thereof.

(d) House of origin refusal to concur or nonconcur; request for confer-ence; procedure. When a bill or concurrent resolution is returned by ei-ther house to the house of origin with amendments, and the house oforigin refuses to concur or to nonconcur therein, a conference may berequested by a majority vote of the members present and voting. Suchrequest shall be transmitted to the other house by message which shallinclude the names of the conferees on the part of the requesting house.Upon receipt of any such message, the receiving house may, in like man-ner, approve such conference, and shall thereupon notify the requestinghouse by message stating the names of its conferees.

(e) Membership; appointment; chairperson; house of origin of substi-tute or materially changed bill or concurrent resolution; meetings of con-ference committee. Each conference committee shall consist of threemembers of the senate and three members of the house of representa-tives, unless otherwise fixed by agreement of the president of the senateand speaker of the house. Senate members shall be appointed by thepresident of the senate and house members shall be appointed by thespeaker of the house of representatives. The president or the speakermay replace any conferee previously appointed by such person. Not lessthan one member appointed from each house shall be a member of theminority political party of such house except when such representationfor such house is waived by the minority leader of such house. In all cases,the first-named member of the house of origin of the bill or concurrentresolution assigned to the committee shall be chairperson of the confer-ence committee. The house of origin of a substitute bill or substituteconcurrent resolution shall be the house in which the bill or concurrentresolution in its original form was introduced. The chairperson of a con-ference committee on a bill or concurrent resolution the subject matterof which has been ruled to be materially changed shall be a member ofthe house which amended the bill or concurrent resolution to materiallychange the subject matter. Each conference committee shall meet on the

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call of its chairperson. All meetings of conference committees shall beopen to the public and no meeting shall be adjourned to another time orplace in order to subvert such policy.

(f) Conference committee reports; subject matters which may be in-cluded; report not subject to amendment; house which acts first on report;copies of reports; reports considered under any order of business. Onlysubject matters which are or have been included in the bill or concurrentresolution in conference or in bills or concurrent resolutions which havebeen passed or adopted in either one or both houses during the currentbiennium of the legislature may be included in the report of the confer-ence committee on any bill or concurrent resolution except in any appro-priations bill there may be included a proviso relating to any such itemof appropriation. A conference committee report shall not be subject toamendment. The original signed conference committee report shall besubmitted to and acted upon first by the house other than the house oforigin of the bill or concurrent resolution. Except when a conferencecommittee report is an agree to disagree coupled with a request that anew conference committee be appointed or is a recommendation to ac-cede to or recede from all amendments of the second house electronicand paper copies of the report shall be made available to all members ofthe house considering the report not later than 30 minutes before thetime of its consideration, except that if the report is more than six pagesin length no paper copies will be required to be distributed to individualmembers provided that at least 10 paper copies of the report are madeavailable to members at the clerk’s or secretary’s desk at the front of therespective house. By written notice, the majority leader may direct theclerk or secretary to increase from six pages to some greater number ofpages the size of conference committee reports that need not be distrib-uted by paper copies to individual members pursuant to this rule. Theaffirmative vote of 2⁄3 of the members present in the house at the time ofconsideration of the report shall be sufficient to dispense with distributionof copies of the conference committee report to all members of thathouse. Reports of conference committees may be received and consid-ered under any order of business.

(g) Signatures required on conference committee reports. All initial con-ference committee reports other than an agreement to disagree coupledwith a request that a new conference committee be appointed shall besigned by all of the conferees. All initial conference committee reportswhich are an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a newconference committee be appointed shall be signed by a majority of theconferees appointed in each house. If a conference committee reportwhich is an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a newconference committee be appointed is not adopted, a subsequent con-ference committee report shall be signed by all conferees unless a sub-sequent conference committee report which is an agreement to disagreecoupled with a request that a new conference committee be appointed is

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adopted, in which case a conference committee report subsequent to theadoption of such report shall be signed by a majority of the confereesappointed in each house. All other conference committee reports shallbe signed by a majority of the conferees appointed in each house.

(h) Vote to adopt conference committee report final action; effect offailure of motion to adopt conference committee report. The vote to adoptthe report of a conference committee, other than a report of failure toagree coupled with a recommendation for appointment of a new confer-ence committee, shall be considered final action on the bill or concurrentresolution and the affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be enteredin the journal. If the motion fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shallbe deemed to be killed. If the motion on a conference committee reportwhich is an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a newconference committee be appointed fails, the bill or concurrent resolutionshall not be deemed to have been killed thereby and remains inconference.

(i) Report of conference committee unable to agree; effect of failure torequest new conference committee; effect of failure of motion to adoptreport requesting new conference committee. If a conference committeeupon any bill or concurrent resolution is unable to agree, it shall reportthat fact to both houses. Such report may request that a new conferencecommittee be appointed thereon. If the committee so reports but fails torequest the appointment of a new conference committee thereon the billor concurrent resolution shall be deemed to have been killed upon theadoption by either house of such report. If the motion to adopt a reportrequesting the appointment of a new conference committee fails, the billor concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed.

(j) Bills or concurrent resolutions under consideration by conferencecommittees and reports thereof; carryover from odd-numbered to even-numbered year. Bills or concurrent resolutions under consideration by aconference committee, or a report of which has been filed but no actiontaken thereon in either house, at the time of adjournment of a regularsession of the legislature held in an odd-numbered year shall remain aliveduring the interim and may be considered by the committee and legis-lature as the case may be at the regular session held in the following even-numbered year.

Joint rule 4. Deadlines for introduction and consideration ofbills. The senate and house of representatives shall observe the followingschedule of deadlines in making requests for drafting and in the intro-duction and consideration of bills.

(a) Bill request deadline for individual members. Except for bills intro-duced pursuant to (i) of this rule, no request to draft bills, except thosemade by committees, through their respective chairpersons, shall bemade to, or accepted by, the office of the revisor of statutes after the

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hour of 5:00 p.m. on January 26, 2009, during the 2009 regular sessionand on January 25, 2010, during the 2010 regular session.

(b) Bill introduction deadline for individual members. Except as pro-vided in (i) of this rule, no bill sponsored by a member or members shallbe introduced in either house of the legislature after the hour of adjourn-ment on February 4, 2009, during the 2009 regular session and on Feb-ruary 3, 2010, during the 2010 regular session. Such deadline for theintroduction of bills by individual members may be changed to an earlierdate in either house at any time by resolution duly adopted by the affir-mative vote of not less than a majority of the members then elected (orappointed) and qualified in such house.

(c) Bill request deadline for certain committees. Except for bills to beintroduced pursuant to (i) of this rule, no committee except the commit-tee on ways and means of the senate, select committees of either housewhen so authorized, the committee on federal and state affairs of eitherhouse or the house committees on calendar and printing, appropriationsand taxation shall make a request to the office of the revisor of statutesfor any bill to be drafted for sponsorship by such committee after thehour of 5:00 p.m. on January 30, 2009, during the 2009 regular sessionand on February 1, 2010, during the 2010 regular session.

(d) Bill introduction deadline for certain committees. Except as pro-vided in (i) of this rule, no bill sponsored by any committee of eitherhouse of the legislature, except the committee on ways and means of thesenate, select committees of either house when so authorized, the com-mittee on federal and state affairs of either house or the house committeeson calendar a

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