Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2150

Introduced
1/29/25  

Caption

Establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs.

Impact

The commission is mandated to conduct studies, gather information, and cooperate with state departments to improve services in multiple areas such as culture, education, employment, and health specifically catered to Asian-American Pacific Islanders. This will enhance public awareness regarding the challenges these communities face and facilitate a platform for proposing new programs and evaluating existing services. The establishment of this commission signifies a step towards inclusivity and recognition of the unique issues faced by Asian-American Pacific Islander individuals in Kansas.

Summary

House Bill 2150 establishes the Advisory Commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander Affairs in Kansas, aimed at addressing the concerns and needs of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities. The commission will advise the governor and consist of seven appointed members representing different political parties and congressional districts within the state. The appointments will reflect balanced representation to ensure diverse perspectives are included in discussions of policies affecting these communities. Members will serve three-year terms, ensuring continuity and stability within the commission.

Contention

While the bill is largely viewed as a positive move toward representation, potential concerns could arise regarding how effectively the commission will operate within the state bureaucracy and whether its recommendations will be acted upon by the governor and state agencies. Questions about the commission's funding and resources necessary for executing its responsibilities may also emerge as stakeholders look to ensure that the commission has the capacity to fulfill its intended role in service of the Asian-American Pacific Islander community.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB99

Establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs.

KS HB2051

Establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs.

KS SB464

Creating the Kansas small, minority, woman, disadvantaged and service-disabled veteran business enterprise development act, providing for development of such business enterprises through greater participation in providing goods and services to state agencies and postsecondary educational institutions and requiring development of plans and goals for such participation, establishing the office of minority and women business development within the department of commerce and providing for an advisory committee on certified small business enterprises.

KS HB2760

Prescribing documentation requirements to determine eligibility for any benefit derived from a service-connected disability, requiring that federal disability determinations for veterans be probative, establishing the Kansas office of veterans services, updating references and corresponding changes relating to the transfer of powers and duties from the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office to the Kansas office of veterans services, updating the veterans claims assistance program to include references to veterans affairs medical centers and cross-accreditation requirements, modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran, clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans and updating the definition of armed forces to include the space force.

KS HB2418

Abolishing the study commission for the consolidation of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte county, consolidation commission of Topeka, Kansas, and Shawnee county, study commission for the consolidation in Greeley county, state emergency response commission, transportation vision task force, Persian Gulf war veterans health initiative act, Kansas export finance act, community strategic planning assistance act, natural and scientific areas advisory board, public finance transparency board, Kansas film services commission, Kansas bioscience authority, KAN-ED act and department of health and environment advisory committees.

KS HB2843

Establishing a scholarship task force to study scholarship programs and creating the Kansas academic excellence scholarship program to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship program.

KS SB438

Establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy and a literacy advisory committee, directing the board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education, requiring the board of regents and board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential, providing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses, requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, requiring the board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on literacy goals; establishing the Kansas education opportunity scholarship to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship, removing limits on Kansas nursing service scholarship awards and modifying the interest rate terms and repayment obligations for such awards, eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment for the AO-K program, modifying financial limitations on Kansas hero's scholarship awards and broadening eligibility requirements for such awards.

KS HB2443

Establishing the office of the child advocate.

KS HB2337

Defining in-state and interstate practitioners under the Kansas telemedicine act, establishing certain standards of care, requiring certain insurance coverage of in-state telemedicine services and establishing the Kansas telehealth advisory committee.

KS SB246

Defining in-state and interstate practitioners under the Kansas telemedicine act, establishing certain standards of care, requiring certain insurance coverage of in-state telemedicine services and establishing the Kansas telehealth advisory committee.

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