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Minutes for HB2123 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Establishing the office of entrepreneurship within the department of commerce, encouraging that 5% of state contracts and certain incentive funding go toward Kansas businesses that have been in operation for less than five years, encouraging the elimination of first-year business fees and requiring the office of entrepreneurship to submit an annual report to the legislature.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 1, 2023
The chair opened the hearing on HB2123,
Kyle Hamilton, Revisor, provided an overview of the bill. (Attachment1). The committee members had no questions
Proponent testimony was provided by:
Jason Grill, Head of Government Affairs, Right To Start and Entrepreneur.(Attachment 2)
Victor Hwang, Founder and CEO, Right To Start.(Attachment 3)
Zoey Bond, Executive Director, Council Grove Trade and Tourism.(Attachment 4)
Representative Tory Marie Blew, Kansas House Legislator.(Attachment 5)
Eric Stafford, Vice President of Government Affairs, Kansas Chamber.(Attachment 6)
Jeff Shackelford, President and CEO, Enterprise Center in Johnson County.(Attachment 7)
Wendy Doyle, President and CEO, United WE(Attachment 8)
There was no opponent testimony.
Neutral testimony was provided by:
Rachel Willis, Executive Director, Kansas Department of Commerce(Attachment 9)
Cameron McGowan,President=elect American Council of Engineering Companies of Kansas.(Attachment10)
Michael Austin, Legislative Director, Americans for Prosperity (Attachment 11)
Conferees stood for questions from committee members.
Written proponent testimony was provided by:
Sherry Turner., OneKC for Women (Attachment 12)
Kevin Walker, Senior Vice President, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 13)
Written Neutral testimony was provided by:
Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State (Attachment 14)
The Chair closed the meeting on HB2123.
The meeting was adjourned.
The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, February 2, 2023.
