Dec. 15, 2019

House Status: Adjourned until Monday, January 14, 2019 at 02:00 p.m.
Senate Status: Adjourned until Monday, January 14, 2019 at 02:00 p.m.

Minutes for HB2741 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Enacting the fire sprinkler industry act.

Chuck Reimer, Assistant Revisor, briefed the Committee on the contents of the bill.

Representative Tori Arnberger, gave proponent testimony. (Attachment 1)

Kevin Arnberger, Pryor Automatic Fire Sprinklers, gave proponent testimony. (Attachment 2)

Russell Hardy, President, Kansas State Building Trades, gave proponent testimony. (Attachment 3)

Written only proponent testimony was offered by:

Christine Brunner, Fire Protection Services (Attachment 4)

Ryan Mooney, Blackwater Fire Protection (Attachment 5)

Joseph Samia, Central Consolidated Inc. (Attachment 6)

Andy Sanchez, Kansas AFL-CIO (Attachment 7)

Sean Miller, Kansas Building Industry Association, gave opponent testimony. (Attachment 8)

Written only opponent testimony was offered by:

Josh Clark, Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (Attachment 9)

Wess Gaylon, Wichita Area Builders Association (Attachment 10)

Martha Smith, Kansas Manufactured Housing (Attachment 11)

Jared Wasinger, City of Manhattan (Attachment 12)

Doug Jorgensen, Kansas State Fire Marshall, gave neutral testimony. (Attachment 13)

Written only neutral testimony was offered by:

Kevin Flory, President, Kansas State Firefighters Association (Attachment 14)

Amanda Stanley, League of Kansas Municipalities (Attachment 15)

The conferees stood for questions.

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