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Minutes for HB2603 - Committee on Elections
Short Title
Establishing the citizens' election oversight board to review, investigate and report on citizen complaints on the conduct of elections and election procedures.
Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 6, 2024
Chairperson Proctor opened hearing on HB2603 and recognized Assistant Revisor, Mike Heim, Office of Revisor of Statutes who presented overview of the bill. (Attachment 2)
Conferees providing proponent testimony for HB2603 included:
Representative Cyndi Howerton, District 98, spoke in support of HB2603. (Attachment 3)
Rick Piepho, Kansas County Clerks & Election Officials, Harvey County, provided testimony in support of HB2603. (Attachment 4)
Conferees providing neutral testimony for HB2603 included:
Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State, General Counsel presented neutral testimony for HB2603. (Attachment 5)
From the audience, Chairperson Proctor recognized Bryan Caskey, Director of Elections, Secretary of State, who addressed questions by committee members regarding election complaints at Secretary of States office.
Neutral written only testimony for HB2603 was submitted by:
Brett Anderson, We the People Kansas (Attachment 6)
Jaime Kissinger, Sedgwick County Precinct Committeewoman (Attachment 7)
Conferees providing opponent testimony for HB2603 included:
Davis Hammet, Loud Light Civic Action provided testimony in opposition to HB2603. (Attachment 8)
Opponents submitting written only testimony for HB2603 included:
Melissa Campbell, Kansas Citizen (Attachment 9)
Benee Hudson, Precinct Committeewoman, Johnson County Poll Worker (Attachment 10)
Kari Sue Vosburgh, Kansas Citizen (Attachment 11)
Chairperson Proctor closed the hearing on HB2603.
