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Minutes for HB2555 - Committee on Elections
Short Title
Requiring a county election officer to send a confirmation of address when there is no election-related activity for any four calendar year period.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 10, 2022
Chairperson Bergquist opened the hearing on HB 2555 and asked Revisor Heim to give an overview of the bill. Committee members asked questions of the Revisor.
Presenting proponent testimony and answering questions on this bill were:
Representative Proctor, 41st District, Kansas House of Representatives (Attachment 6)
Clay Barker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, General Counsel (Attachment 7), (Attachment 8)
Opponents to HB 2555 were:
Caleb Smith, Inclusive Campaign Director, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (Attachment 9)
Mike Burgess, Director of Policy & Outreach, Disability Rights Center of Kansas (Attachment 10)
Those opponents appearing before the Committee through WebEx were:
Davis Hammet, President, Loud Light Civic Action (Attachment 11)
Cille King, League of Women Voters of Kansas, Advocacy Chair (Attachment 12)
Aileen Berquist, Community Engagement Manager, American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas provided written-only opponent testimony. (Attachment 13)
Appearing as a neutral, Rick Piepho, Harvey County Clerk & Election Officer -- KCCEOA Elections Committee Chair, gave testimony on HB 2555. (Attachment 14)
Chairperson Bergquist thanked the conferees for their testimony and closed the hearing on HB 2555.
He announced the Committee would be hearing four bills next Tuesday.
The meeting adjourned at 5:48 p.m.
The next scheduled meeting of the House Elections Committee is February 15, 2022.
