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HB 2541 Committee Minutes and Testimony
Establishing the state conservation fund, the working lands conservation fund, the wildlife conservation fund and the Kansas outdoors fund, providing for the use of moneys from such funds, requiring certain reports to the governor and the legislature and authorizing certain transfers to and from such funds.
House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Testimony | Presenter | Organization | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Brad Loveless, Secretary | Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks | HB 2541, Neutral, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Angel Cushing | Resident of Allen County | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Marci Laffen | Citizen of Andover, Kansas | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Dan Byfield, CEO | American Stewards of Liberty | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Debbie Detmer | Citizen of Shawnee, Kansas | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Shad Sullivan, Property Rights Chair | R-CALF USA | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Shanxi Omoniyi | Citizen, KS Senate District 10 | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Sheila Sumpter | Citizen, Olathe, Kansas | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Abe Lollar, Biologist | Ducks Unlimited | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Dan Meyerhoff, Executive Director | Kansas Association of Conservation Districts | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Erika Devore, Executive Director | Kansas Recreation and Park Association | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Josh Roe, CEO | Kansas Corn Growers Association; Kansas Farm Bureau; Kansas Association of Wheat Growers | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Justin Cobb, Legislative Chair | Kansans for Conservation | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Representative Doug Blex, 12th District | Kansas House of Representatives | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Alfonson Leyva, Board President | Kansas Wildlife Federation | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Barth Crouch, Chair | Ranchland Trust of Kansas | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Ben Postlethwait, State Director | The Nature Conservancy in Kansas | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Clark H. Coan | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | David J. Kraft, Executive Director | Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Dawn Buehler, Executive Director | Friends of the Kaw | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Ellen Parker, Associate Attorney | WaterOne | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Eran Sandquist, Director of Conservation - Midwest Region | Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Floyd Schmidt, President | Kansas Forestry Association | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Ginny Moore, Kansas State Director | The Conservation Fund | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Jackie Augustine, Executive Director | Audubon of Kansas | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | James Millensifer, Board President | Ringneck Classic Inc. | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Jennifer Simmelink, Coordinator | Kansas Soil Health Alliance | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Kaitlin Stanley, Executive Director | Kansas Land Trust | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Kurt Ratzlaff, Policy and Legislation Chair | Kansas Chapter of Bachcoutry Hunters and Anglers | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Laura Downey, Executive Director | Kansas Association for Conseration and Environmental Education | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Mallory Lutz | Kansas Food and Farm Coalition | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Nick Levendofsky, Executive Director | Kansas Farmers Union | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Olivia Bergmeier, Executive Director | State Association of Kansas Watersheds | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Sarah Hill-Nelson | The Bowersock Mills & Power Co. | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Tom Buller | Kansas Rural Center | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | William F. Bradley Jr., President | FarmTender, LLC | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Zack Pistora | Kansas Sierra Club | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Submitted by Tracey Barton, Executive Director | The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Fiscal Note | HB 2541 | |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Aaron M. Popelka, VP of Legal and Governmental Affairs | Kansas Livestock Association | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | David P. Wiese | Senior Assistant Revisor of Statutes | HB 2541, Bill Brief |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Matt Smith, Conservation Delivery Specialist | Playa Lakes Joint Venture | HB 2541, Proponent, Written-Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Tracy Barton, Executive Director | The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition | HB 2541, Email, Opponent, Written-Only |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Amy Siple | Private Citizen | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral |
| Mon, Jan 22, 2024 | View | Download | Matthew T. Steele, CEO/Executive Director | Kansas Cattlemen's Association | HB 2541, Opponent, Written-Only |
