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HB 2678

AN ACT concerning water; relating to the Kansas water banking act; extending the period for how long a groundwater right can be deposited in a water bank; requiring that water withdrawn from an account be authorized by the water bank on or before December 1 of the calendar year in which the withdrawn water is to be used; requiring an evaluation by an independent consultant on the central Kansas water bank before July 1, 2025; establishing a maximum length for an extension of a water bank charter; amending K.S.A. 82a-763 and 82a-765 and repealing the existing sections.

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House - Final Action - Passed as amended; - 02/22/2024

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (119):

Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carmichael, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Carr, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Dodson, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Haswood, Hawkins, Helgerson, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Hougland, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Humphries, Johnson, Kessler, Landwehr, Lewis, Martinez, Mason, Maughan, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, Meyer, D. Miller, S. Miller, V. Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Roth, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Seiwert, A. Smith, C. Smith, E. Smith, Stogsdill, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Titus, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Vaughn, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, K. Williams, L. Williams, Winn, Woodard, Xu, Younger,

Nay - (1):

Jacobs,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (5):

Donohoe, Highberger, Houser, Robinson, Thompson,

Not Voting - (0):