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1+Session of 2025
12 HOUSE BILL No. 2238
2-AN ACT concerning legislative staff agencies; relating to duties and functions of the
3-legislative research department and legislative administrative services; directing
4-legislative administrative services to be responsible for the preparation of committee
5-minutes; amending K.S.A. 46-1210 and 46-1212a and repealing the existing sections.
3+By Committee on Appropriations
4+Requested by Representative K. Williams
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6+AN ACT concerning legislative staff agencies; relating to duties and
7+functions of the legislative research department and legislative
8+administrative services; directing legislative administrative services to
9+be responsible for the preparation of committee minutes; amending
10+K.S.A. 46-1210 and 46-1212a and repealing the existing sections.
611 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
7-Section 1. K.S.A. 46-1210 is hereby amended to read as follows:
8-46-1210. (a) There is hereby established the legislative research
9-department whose head shall be the director of legislative research and
10-who shall be appointed by the legislative coordinating council to serve
11-under its the direction of the council. The director of legislative
12-research may be removed from office by a vote of five (5) members of
13-the legislative coordinating council taken at any regular meeting of
14-such council. The director of legislative research shall receive such
15-compensation as is determined by the legislative coordinating council.
16-Such director, and any of his or her such director's assistants specified
17-by the legislative coordinating council, shall receive expenses and
18-allowances for in-state and out-of-state travel as is provided by law for
19-members of the legislature. Such director shall appoint such assistants
20-and employees of the legislative research department as are authorized
21-by the legislative coordinating council and shall set their compensation
22-subject to the approval of such council. Such director and all assistants
23-and employees of the legislative research department shall be in the
24-unclassified service.
12+Section 1. K.S.A. 46-1210 is hereby amended to read as follows: 46-
13+1210. (a) There is hereby established the legislative research department
14+whose head shall be the director of legislative research and who shall be
15+appointed by the legislative coordinating council to serve under its the
16+direction of the council. The director of legislative research may be
17+removed from office by a vote of five (5) members of the legislative
18+coordinating council taken at any regular meeting of such council. The
19+director of legislative research shall receive such compensation as is
20+determined by the legislative coordinating council. Such director, and any
21+of his or her such director's assistants specified by the legislative
22+coordinating council, shall receive expenses and allowances for in-state
23+and out-of-state travel as is provided by law for members of the
24+legislature. Such director shall appoint such assistants and employees of
25+the legislative research department as are authorized by the legislative
26+coordinating council and shall set their compensation subject to the
27+approval of such council. Such director and all assistants and employees of
28+the legislative research department shall be in the unclassified service.
2529 (b) The legislative research department shall perform legislative
26-research functions and such other duties as are directed by the
27-legislative coordinating council.
28-(c) The legislative research department shall provide staff services
29-to all meetings of special committees, select committees, joint
30-committees and standing committees meeting when the legislature is
31-not in session, and to the extent possible, accomplish the following:
32-(1) Assist each committee chairman chairperson in planning the
33-work of the committee, and in accordance with the chairman's
34-chairperson's instructions prepare an agenda for each meeting.
30+research functions and such other duties as are directed by the legislative
31+coordinating council.
32+(c) The legislative research department shall provide staff services to
33+all meetings of special committees, select committees, joint committees
34+and standing committees meeting when the legislature is not in session,
35+and to the extent possible, accomplish the following:
36+(1) Assist each committee chairman chairperson in planning the work
37+of the committee, and in accordance with the chairman's chairperson's
38+instructions prepare an agenda for each meeting.
3539 (2) Appropriately notify committee members, staff and other
36-interested persons of meeting times and other information as directed
37-by the committee chairman chairperson.
38-(3) Prepare minutes of each committee meeting to show
39-attendance, disposition of agenda items, tentative and final committee
40-decisions and staff instructions, and such other matters as may be
41-helpful to the work of the committee.
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75+interested persons of meeting times and other information as directed by
76+the committee chairman chairperson.
77+(3) Prepare minutes of each committee meeting to show attendance,
78+disposition of agenda items, tentative and final committee decisions and
79+staff instructions, and such other matters as may be helpful to the work of
80+the committee.
4281 (4) Prepare and present research information in accordance with
4382 committee instructions or instructions of the committee chairman
4483 chairperson.
4584 (5) Obtain attendance of persons for committee presentations or
46-testimony. In cases of compulsory process, work with the office of
47-revisor of statutes and office of attorney general to obtain satisfactory
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49-(6) Prepare interim reports of committee work when the same is
50-such reports are requested of a committee by the legislative
51-coordinating council. Any such report shall have committee approval
52-before transmission.
53-(7) Prepare a final committee report in accordance with committee
54-instructions; the same to. Such report shall include relevant
55-information, committee policy recommendations, and to the extent
56-possible, appropriate bill drafts prepared by the office of revisor of
57-statutes.
85+testimony. In cases of compulsory process, work with the office of revisor
86+of statutes and office of attorney general to obtain satisfactory results.
87+(6) Prepare interim reports of committee work when the same is such
88+reports are requested of a committee by the legislative coordinating
89+council. Any such report shall have committee approval before
90+transmission.
91+(7) Prepare final a committee report in accordance with committee
92+instructions; the same to. Such report shall include relevant information,
93+committee policy recommendations, and to the extent possible, appropriate
94+bill drafts prepared by the office of revisor of statutes.
5895 (8) Receive and analyze agency requests for appropriations and
5996 prepare fiscal information for appropriate legislative committees.
60-(d) Special committees, select committees and standing
61-committees are expected to shall utilize the foregoing such staff
62-services to the extent the same are as available in making all studies.
97+(d) Special committees, select committees and standing committees
98+are expected to shall utilize the foregoing such staff services to the extent
99+the same are as available in making all studies.
63100 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 46-1212a is hereby amended to read as follows: 46-
64101 1212a. (a) There is hereby established the division of legislative
65-administrative services whose head shall be the director of legislative HOUSE BILL No. 2238—page 2
102+administrative services whose head shall be the director of legislative
66103 administrative services and who shall be appointed by the legislative
67104 coordinating council to serve under its the direction of the council. The
68-director of legislative administrative services may be removed from
69-office by a vote of five (5) members of the legislative coordinating
70-council taken at any regular meeting of such council. The director of
71-legislative administrative services shall receive such compensation as is
72-determined by the legislative coordinating council. Such director, and
73-any of such director's assistants specified by the legislative
74-coordinating council, shall receive expenses and allowances for in-state
75-and out-of-state travel as is provided by law for members of the
76-legislature. Such director shall appoint such assistants and employees
77-of the division of legislative administrative services as are authorized
78-by the legislative coordinating council and shall set their compensation
79-subject to the approval of such council. Such director and all assistants
80-and employees of the division of legislative administrative services
81-shall be in the unclassified service.
82-(b) The division of legislative administrative services shall
83-provide administrative staff services to and for the elected officers and
84-the majority and minority leaders of the house of representatives and
85-the senate and for the legislative branch, as directed by the legislative
86-coordinating council, by performing the following functions:
105+director of legislative administrative services may be removed from office
106+by a vote of five (5) members of the legislative coordinating council taken
107+at any regular meeting of such council. The director of legislative
108+administrative services shall receive such compensation as is determined
109+by the legislative coordinating council. Such director, and any of such
110+director's assistants specified by the legislative coordinating council, shall
111+receive expenses and allowances for in-state and out-of-state travel as is
112+provided by law for members of the legislature. Such director shall appoint
113+such assistants and employees of the division of legislative administrative
114+services as are authorized by the legislative coordinating council and shall
115+set their compensation subject to the approval of such council. Such
116+director and all assistants and employees of the division of legislative
117+administrative services shall be in the unclassified service.
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161+(b) The division of legislative administrative services shall provide
162+administrative staff services to and for the elected officers and the majority
163+and minority leaders of the house of representatives and the senate and for
164+the legislative branch, as directed by the legislative coordinating council,
165+by performing the following functions:
87166 (1) Acquiring legislative equipment, facilities and supplies.
88-(2) Administering the personnel documents and records of
89-members of the legislature and employees of the legislative branch,
90-except officers and employees of the legislative research department,
91-office of revisor of statutes, division of post audit and such other
92-legislative commissions as may be specifically excepted herefrom by
93-law.
167+(2) Administering the personnel documents and records of members
168+of the legislature and employees of the legislative branch, except officers
169+and employees of the legislative research department, office of revisor of
170+statutes, division of post audit and such other legislative commissions as
171+may be specifically excepted herefrom by law.
94172 (3) Recruiting and supervising personnel for administrative and
95173 secretarial duties as specified by the legislative coordinating council.
96174 (4) Prepare minutes of each special committee, select committee,
97-joint committee and standing committee meeting, whether the
98-legislature is in session or not in session, to show attendance of
99-members of the legislature, disposition of agenda items, tentative and
100-final committee decisions and staff instructions and such other matters
101-as may be helpful to the work of the committee.
175+joint committee and standing committee meeting, whether the legislature
176+is in session or not in session, to show attendance of members of the
177+legislature, disposition of agenda items, tentative and final committee
178+decisions and staff instructions and such other matters as may be helpful
179+to the work of the committee.
102180 (5) Working with the legislative research department to provide
103-notices in appropriate detail of legislative study committee meetings
104-and such other matters as are directed by the legislative coordinating
105-council.
181+notices in appropriate detail of legislative study committee meetings and
182+such other matters as are directed by the legislative coordinating council.
106183 (5)(6) Performing such other duties as directed by the legislative
107-coordinating council. HOUSE BILL No. 2238—page 3
184+coordinating council.
108185 Sec. 3. K.S.A. 46-1210 and 46-1212a are hereby repealed.
109186 Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
110187 publication in the statute book.
111-I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and passed
112-that body
113-Speaker of the House.
114-Chief Clerk of the House.
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116-Passed the SENATE ______________________________________________________________________________
117-President of the Senate.
118-Secretary of the Senate.
119-APPROVED __________________________________________________________________________________________________
120-Governor.
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