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Minutes for HB2447 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Short Title

Prohibiting cities and counties from banning the sale of products or services otherwise allowed by state law.

Minutes Content for Mon, Mar 13, 2023

Chairman Tarwater called the meeting to order.

The Chair opened the hearing on HB2447.

Charles Reimer, Revisor,  provided a brief overview of the bill,

The following provided testimony as a proponent:

Eric Stafford, Kansas Chamber of Commerce.(Attachment 1)

Staci Williams ,Chair,  Kansas Retail Council(Attachment 2)

Rebecca Hertel, Owner Petland West Wichita.(Attachment 3)

The conferees stood for questions.

The following provided testimony as opponents:,

Zack Pistora, Kansas Sierra Club(Attachment 4)

Ashley Beason, Kansas Pet Protection Coalition(Attachment 5)

Mike Taylor, Kansas County Commissioners Association(Attachment 6)

Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties (Attachment 7)

Kari Rinker, American Heart Association (Attachment) 8

John Goodyear, League of Kansas Municipalities.(Attachment 9)

Vanessa Cowie, Prairie Paws Animal Shelter and the Midwest Alliance for Animals.Attachment 10)

Written testimony was provided by:

Proponents:

Dan Murray, National Federation of Independent Businesses (Attachment 11) 

Opponents:

Elizabeth Bishop(Attachment 12)

Michael Koss, City of Overland Park(Attachment 13) 

Allen Dinkel, City of Junction City (Attachment 14)

Ron Fehr, Hutchinson, KS(Attachment 15)

Patricia Bennett, Leawood, KS(Attachment 16)

Peter Meitzner, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners(Attachment 17)

Mike Boehm, Mayor, Lenexa, KS(Attachment 18)

Ethan Reimer, City of Halstead(Attachment 19)

Megan Word, (Attachment 20)

Cole Herder, City of Humboldt(Attachment 21)

Amanda Stanley, City of Topeka(Attachment 22)

Jeannie Johnson, Olsburg, Kansas(Attachment 23)

Craig Owens, City of Lawrence(Attachment 24)

Kelly McElroy, City of Newton(Attachment 25)

Caitlin Gard, City of Shawnee(Attachment 26)

Greg Graffman, Kingman City, Kansas(Attachment 27)

The Chair closed the hearing on HB2114.

The meeting was adjourned.

The next scheduled meeting is on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

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