A Legislative Report for Kansas Children’s Service League ! 2016 Legislative Session: Week Seven (February 22-23) ! ! Round ‘Em Up and Move ‘Em Out….Both the House and Senate left committee work behind this week to concentrate on moving bills across the hall for consideration by the other side of the Legislature. Tuesday, February 23, marked the last day a bill could be considered if it had not moved from its chamber of origin…unless it was assigned — or ever had been assigned — to an exempt committee (Appropriations, Ways & Means, Federal and State Affairs, House Taxation and Calendar). Bills in non- exempt committees and those from these same committees left below the line on General Orders are considered dead for this session; however, sometimes they have a way of sneaking into other bills in the form of an amendment. It is never really over until the sound of that last gavel. After two fairly intense days of work, the legislature has adjourned for their Turnaround break and will return to the Statehouse on !Wednesday, March 2. ! For Those Keeping Track….Here is a condensed version on the status of KCSL bills !we are watching… Those which are still considered active: Senate Bills: 159, 325, 367, 372, 393, 408, 410, 418, 463 ! House Bills: 2585, 2698 Those which are no longer under consideration*: Senate Bills: 315, 394 ! House Bills: 2451, 2556, 2589, 2600 * but could come up again in the form of an amendment into another, germane, active ! bill. ! YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!…The Senate Bill, SB 463, which would abolish the Kansas Endowment for Youth Fund, the Children’s Initiative Fund, the expanded lottery act revenues fund (ELARF), the state economic development initiatives fund and the state water plan fund and move this revenue to the state general fund AS WELL AS abolish the duties of the Kansas Children’s Cabinet, will have a hearing in Ways and Means on Tuesday, March 8, 10:30 a.m., Rm. 548-S. Please let members of this Senate !Committee know this is not acceptable. The committee includes: Sen. , R-Andover, chair Sen. , R-Overland Park, vice chair Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, ranking minority Sen. , R-Salina Sen. , R-Leavenworth Sen. , D-Lawrence Sen. , R-Garden Plain Sen. , R-Leawood Sen. Michael O’Donnell, R-Wichita Sen. Larry Powell, R-Garden City ! Sen. , R-Parker Contact information is available on the website, www.kslegislature.org Your call, email, letter or personal contact could make the difference. Kansas children are counting on you to help protect the tobacco settlement !income that was specifically set aside to fund early childhood initiatives. ! !Bills to Watch…. H Sub for SB 159: Concerning children and families; enacting the host families act; relating to temporary care for children (Senate Judiciary) House Committee !recommends substitute bill be passed H Sub for SB 161: Appropriation revisions for FY 2016, FY 2017 and FY 2018 for !various state agencies (Appropriations) Passed both Chambers; to Governor !SB 315: Limiting number of children in a foster home (Judiciary) Hearing 2/11 SB 325: Concerning the revised Kansas code for care of children; relating to child in need of care files; prosecutor access (Corrections & Juvenile Justice) Passed Senate !40-0; Hearing 3/3, 1:30 p.m., Rm. 152-S SB 367: Concerning children and minors; relating to juvenile justice (Corrections & !Juvenile Justice) Passed Senate 38-2 SB 372: Amendments to Kansas public assistance eligibility, limitations and !verification (Public Health and Welfare) Passed Senate as amended 31-8 SB 393: Consideration of domestic abuse in determining the issue of custody, !residency and parenting time of a child (Judiciary) Passed Senate 40-0 SB 394: Concerning children and families; enacting the supporting families act; !relating to the temporary care for children (Judiciary) Hearing 2/11 SB 408: Reporting and investigation of abuse, neglect and exploitation of persons; duties and powers of attorney general, law enforcement and department of corrections (Judiciary) Passed Senate 40-0 ! SB 410: Establishing a CARE family pilot program for foster care (Judiciary) Passed !Senate 24-15 SB 418: Concerning children and minors; relating to children in need of care and !juvenile offenders (Judiciary) Passed Senate 28-8 SB 463: Abolishing the expanded lottery act revenues fund, the Kansas endowment for youth fund, the children’s initiative fund, the state economic development initiatives fund and the state water plan fund; all revenues into such funds go into the state general !fund; duties of Kansas children’s cabinet (Ways and Means) S Sub for HB 2049: Amending penalty for first and second marijuana possession convictions; creating a program to research industrial hemp; authorizing hemp !treatments for seizure disorder (Senate Corrections & Juvenile Justice) In conference HB 2451: Concerning children and minors; relating to mandatory reporting of !suspected child abuse or neglect (Corrections & Juvenile Justice) Hearing 1/27 HB 2556: Concerning the grandparents as caregivers act; age requirement deeming !children under the act as foster children (Children and Seniors) HB 2585: Establishing the foster care oversight task force (Children and Families) !Passed committee as amended; Rereferred Appropriations HB 2589: Concerning public assistance; relating to school attendance requirements !for eligibility (Health and Human Services) HB 2600: Concerning public assistance; relating to recovery of assistance debt; verification of identity and income; fraud investigations; child care subsidies; work !requirements; lifetime benefit limits (Health and Human Services) Hearing 2/16 HB 2698: Concerning school districts; relating to policies against bullying (Education) !Rereferred Appropriations ! !Upcoming Meetings of Interest…. !Wednesday, March 2 3:30 p.m. Social Service Budget — 144-S ! Alvarez & Marsal recommendations !Thursday, March 3 1:30 p.m. House Corrections & Juvenile Justice — 152-S SB 325: Revised Kansas code for care of children; relating to child in need of care files; prosecutor access

3:30 p.m. Social Service Budget — 144-S ! Alvarez & Marsal recommendations ! ! ! ! ! ! Resource: Additional information about the Kansas Legislature and the 2016 legislative session see — !www.kslegislature.org For additional information, please contact Jennie Rose at [email protected]