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Next Week's Schedule

Schedule (Feb. 21, 2025) – Following the Friday turnaround deadline, the legislature will take Monday off but return to committee hearings on Tuesday. The turnaround deadline suggests that those bills, not exempt from legislative deadlines, must be passed by their chamber of origin.

There are many reasons a bill may be exempt from those legislative deadlines, including:

  • The bill was introduced in an exempt committee
  • The bill was re-referred to an exempt committee at some point ahead of the turnaround deadline.

Monday, Feb. 24
No Session

Tuesday, Feb. 25
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Briefing by staff: Substitute for House Bill 2007 – Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies

House Education – 1:30 p.m. – Room 218N
Hearing: Senate Bill 50 – Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas Board of Regents that have repayment obligations as a part of the terms and conditions of such programs and authorizing the Kansas Board of Regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment obligations and charge fees for the costs of administering such programs and requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the Kansas Board of Regents instead of a postsecondary educational institution as a condition to receiving a grant under the Adult Learner Grant Act

Wednesday, Feb. 26
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget Hearing: Higher Education

House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Presentation on Kansas Universities:

  • Emporia State University – Mr. Ken Hush, president
  • Fort Hays State University – Dr. Tisa Mason, president
  • Kansas State University – Dr. Richard Linton, president
  • Pittsburg State University – Dr. Dan Shipp, president
  • University of Kansas and University of Kansas Cancer Center – Dr. Douglas Girod, chancellor
  • Washburn University – Dr. JuliAnn Mazachek, president and chief executive officer
  • Wichita State University – Dr. Richard Muma, president

Thursday, Feb. 27
Senate Federal and State Affairs – 10:30 a.m. – Room 144S
Hearing: Senate Bill 254 – Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law

Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget Hearing and Recommendations: Higher Education

House Education – 1:30 p.m. – Room 218N
Discussion and Action: Senate Bill 50 – Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas Board of Regents that have repayment obligations as a part of the terms and conditions of such programs and authorizing the Kansas Board of Regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment obligations and charge fees for the costs of administering such programs and requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the Kansas Board of Regents instead of a postsecondary educational institution as a condition to receiving a grant under the Adult Learner Grant Act.

House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: 988 Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Hotline Mental Health Intervention Team Program

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – InterHab and Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services

Friday, Feb. 28