To check the status of bills and hearing, please go to the legislative website at http://www.kslegislature.org/li/  or call the legislative hotline at 1-800-432-3924. If there are bills you would like me to follow, please let me know and I will add them to the list.  A listing of the committees, times they meet, rooms they meet in and the assistants you need to contact if you want to provide testimony are listed at the end of this update.   

Committee meetings can be watched online by going to the legislative website (link above) and hovering over “Audio/video” in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Then scroll down on the menu that appears to “Statehouse Live and Archive” and clicking on it. Scroll down until you see the committee you want to watch and click on that committee. 

To receive a copy of this announcement in large print, or other alternative formats, please call 1-800-295-5232 (voice).  This Update can also be found on the KCDC Web site:  http://www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov/legislative-information.

Let me know if you have questions or want me information by emailing [email protected]. 

Thursday 1/26

1:30 pm House Education Committee, Presentation on Issues around Restraint and Seclusion in room 218-N

3:30 pm House Social Services Budget Overview of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers in room 152-S

Monday 1/30

1:30 pm Senate Education Committee, Hearing on SB 82 Requiring schools to establish policies and concussion management teams prevent and manage concussions within school, Room 144-S, Cyndie Rexer 785-296-7368

3:30 pm House Taxation, Hearing on HB 2036 Creating a property tax exemption for retired and disabled veterans, Room 346-S, Lea Gerard, 785-296-4830

Tuesday 1/31

3:30 pm, House Elections, Hearing on HB 2057 Regulating the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of advance voting ballots, Room 218-N, Dana Rooney, 785-296-7357

Wednesday 2/1

Thursday 2/2

1:30 pm House Education, Presentation on Special Education Funding by staff, Room 218-N

Friday 2.3

9:00 am Bob Bethell Joint Committee on KanCare Oversight and Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Room 112-N , David Long 785-296-7488.

Click Here to view the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns Legislative Session Update - January 26, 2023.