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Minutes for SB164 - Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Short Title
Providing a $2,000 tax credit for qualified employees of licensed child care facilities.
Minutes Content for Wed, Mar 1, 2023
Revisor Amelia Kovar-Donohue provided a summary of the bill. (Attachment 6)
Proponent in-person testimony: Senator Kristen O'Shea (Attachment 7) (Attachment 8)
Representative Timothy Johnson (Attachment 9)
Emily Barnes, Child Care Providers Coalition of Kansas (Attachment 10)
Jason Watkins, Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 11)
John Wilson, Kansas Action for Children (Attachment 12)
Reva Wywadis, Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas (Attachment 13)
Proponent webex testimony: Greg Kindle, Kansas Economic Development Alliance (Attachment 14)
Proponent written testimony: Brenda Bandy, Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (Attachment 15)
Megan Barfield, Great Bend Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 16)
Julie Brewer, United Community Services of Johnson County (Attachment 17)
Jennifer Bruning, Kansas State Alliance of YMCAs (Attachment 18)
Dick Carter Jr, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 19)
Trsiten Cope, Kansas Association for the Education of Young Children (Attachment 20)
Renee Duxler, Salina Area Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 21)
Robert Harrington, Bourbon County Regional Economic Development Inc (REDI) (Attachment 22)
Callie Hoffman, Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (Attachment 23)
Manhattan, Emporia, Topeka, Lawrence Chambers of Commerce (METL) (Attachment 24)
Paula Neth, The Family Conservancy (Attachment 25)
Mark Staats, Derby Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 26)
Debra Teufel, Hutchinson / Reno County Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 27)
Kevin Walker, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 28)
Candi Westbrook, Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 29)
Opponent testimony: None
Neutral written testimony: Michael Austin, Americans for Prosperity (Attachment 30)
Lauren Tice Miller, Kansas National Education Association (Attachment 31)
