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HB 2686 Committee Minutes and Testimony
Creating the Kansas department of water and environment within the executive branch and transferring the duties of certain offices to such department, establishing the water and environment maintenance fund and the water and environment maintenance board, modifying election procedures for groundwater management districts, establishing a water rights fee on owners of water rights and permits to appropriate water for beneficial use, authorizing the chief engineer to issue certain orders without review by the secretary of water and environment, increasing water protection fees, establishing a civil penalty for obstructions in streams violations and establishing the water structures emergency fund.
House Committee on Water
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Testimony | Presenter | Organization | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Mark Rude | Southwest District 3 | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Mark Rude 1a | Southwest District 3 | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Dan Meyerhoff | Kansas Association Conservation districts | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Brett Oekle | Groundwater District 4 | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Tim Boese | Groundwater District 2 | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Aaron Popekla | Legal Affairs Kansas Livestock Association | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Brent Rogers | Kansas Corn Growers | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Kent Moore | Water Pack | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | David Brenn | Kansas Water Congres | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Kent Askern | Kansas Farm Bureau | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Titus Jaeger | Individual | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Stuart Beckman | Farmer | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Brandi Miller | Kansas Agriculture Alliance | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Brent Beckman | Farmer | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Kirk Heger | Southwest Kansas Irrigation Alliance | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Randy Hayzlett | Farmer | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Sara Baer | Kansas Biological Survey Center | Neutral to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | David Barfield | Kansas Society of Engineers | Neutral to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Fred Jones | Water Resource Manager Garden City | Neutral to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Mark Rude A&B | Southwest Groundwater District 3 | Opponent to HB2686 |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Brent Rogers | Kansas Corn | Opponent |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | David Barfield | Kansas Society of Engineers | Neutral |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | stuart | beckman | opponent |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Brent Rogers | Kansas Corn RV1 | opponent |
| Thu, Feb 17, 2022 | View | Download | Stuart Beckman RV1 | Farmer | Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Representative Blex | Individual | HB2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Dawn Buehler | Friends of the River | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Darci Meese | Water One | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Kimberly Svaty | Kansas Municipal Untilites | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Alan King | City of Wichita | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Zach Pistora | Kansas Sierra Club | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Josh Svaty | Regional Economic Area Partnership | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Burk Griggs | Professor of Law, Washurn University | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Lucas Bessire PHD | University of Oklahoma | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Kay Heley | Individual | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Allyn Lockner | Individual | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Representative Blex | Individual | HB2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Dawn Buehler | Friends of the River | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Darci Meese | Water One | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Kimberly Svaty | Kansas Municipal Untilites | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Alan King | City of Wichita | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Zach Pistora | Kansas Sierra Club | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Josh Svaty | Regional Economic Area Partnership | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Burk Griggs | Professor of Law, Washurn University | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Lucas Bessire PHD | University of Oklahoma | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Allyn Lockner | Individual | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Dorthy Barnett | Climate and Energy Project | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Rob Manes | Nature Consevancy Kansas | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | William Bradley | Individual | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Don Teske | Kansas Farm Union | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Jade Piros de Carvalho | Mayor of Hutchison | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Sarah Hill-Nelson | Kansas Regional Advisory Commitee | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Craig Zwick | Ground Water District 5 | HB 2686 Opponent |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Kay Heley | Individual | HB 2686 Prop |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Kay Heley | RN | HB2686 |
| Wed, Feb 16, 2022 | View | Download | Darci Meeese | Water One | Propenent |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | House of Representative | Session Organizational |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | House | District Office Map HB2686 |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | House | Organization Chart HB2686 |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | House | GMD changes HB2686 |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | House | Organizational chart HB2686 |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | Kansas House | Water Fees as a result of HB2686 |
| Tue, Feb 15, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | House | Revised Org |
| Tue, Mar 1, 2022 | View | Download | Chairperson Highland | House | Amendment 1 Balloon |
| Tue, Mar 1, 2022 | View | Download | Highland | House | Balloon Amendment pdf |
| Tue, Mar 1, 2022 | View | Download | Representative Newland | House | Subtitute Motion |
| Mon, Feb 14, 2022 | View | Download | Chris Waggoner | Revisor of Statues | Bill Brief HB2686 |
