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HB 2607

AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas department of agriculture; the Kansas pesticide law; the Kansas chemigation safety law; requiring supervision and training for uncertified applicators; clarifying definition of governmental agency; requiring applicants to file certificates of liability insurance or surety bonds in lieu of letters of credit or proof of an escrow; government agency certification for pesticide applications in the sodium cyanide predator control category; requiring direct supervision of registered pest control technicians by a certified commercial applicator when applying restricted use pesticides; expanding applicability of the current civil penalty provisions to any person or entity that violates the Kansas pesticide law; adding additional categories of qualification for certification and licensing; updating private applicator certificate requirements; allowing the secretary to establish a training program for initial certification of private applicators as an alternative to a written examination; requiring additional information in statements of service or contracts; government agencies to maintain records relating to each application of pesticide made by such government agency; applying the same criminal penalty to certified private applicators as other persons for violations of the Kansas pesticide law; removing the secretary's authority to deny, suspend, revoke or modify a permit if an applicant, registrant or permit holder has been convicted or pled guilty to a state or federal felony; amending K.S.A. 2-2438a, 2-2440, 2-2440b, 2-2440e, 2-2443a, 2-2444a, 2-2445a, 2-2446, 2-2448, 2-2449, 2-2450, 2-2455, 2-2461, 2-2467a and 2-3310 and repealing the existing sections.

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

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (118):

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, Featherston, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Haswood, Hawkins, Helgerson, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Hougland, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Humphries, Jacobs, 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, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, 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):

Fairchild,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (6):

Donohoe, Highberger, Houser, Poetter Parshall, L. Ruiz, Thompson,

Not Voting - (0):