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Tax bill passes House 4 am on June 12th

The House passed its tax bill at around 4 am. On roll call the vote was: Yea – (63): Alford, Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Billinger, Boldra, Bradford, Brunk, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Concannon, Corbet, Davis, Dove, Esau, Estes, Ewy, Garber, Goico, Gonzalez, Hawkins, Hedke, Hemsley, Highland, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Hutchins, Hutton, Johnson, K. Jones, Kelley, Kelly, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Peck, Powell, Proehl, Read, Rhoades, Rubin, Ryckman, Ryckman, Sr., Scapa, Schwab, Schwartz, Seiwert, Smith, Suellentrop, Sutton, Thimesch, Todd, Vickrey, Waymaster, Whitmer, Williams, Nay – (45): Alcala, Ballard, Becker, Bollier, Bruchman, Burroughs, Carmichael, Clayton, Couture-Lovelady,...
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Tax bill stalemate continues on June 10th

“The House paused a failing vote on the largest tax increase in Kansas history at midnight, with members scattering until 8 a.m. – allowing hours of early-morning arm-twisting… “Soon after the vote began, a call of the House was initiated, empowering state troopers to bring absent members to the chamber. About 10 members were not present. Ten of the 125 members must support the call at any given time for it to continue. “The House this year adopted a rule prohibiting work from taking place between midnight and 8 a.m. With midnight approaching, legislative leadership decided to suspend...
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House passes “trailer” bill June 10th

On June 10th, the House passed (66-49) the “trailer” bill which provides some amendments to the tax bill (2109) passed by the Senate. On roll call the vote was: Yea – (66): Alford, Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Billinger, Boldra, Bradford, Brunk, Campbell, W. Carpenter, Concannon, Corbet, Couture-Lovelady, Davis, Dove, Esau, Estes, Ewy, Garber, Gonzalez, Hawkins, Hedke, Hemsley, Highland, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Hutchins, Hutton, Johnson, K. Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kelly, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Pauls, Peck, Powell, Proehl, Read, Rhoades, Ryckman, Ryckman, Sr., Scapa, Schroeder, Schwab, Schwartz, Seiwert, Sloan, Smith, Suellentrop, Sutton, Thimesch, Todd, Vickrey,...
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