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Minutes for HB2166 - Committee on Transportation
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Substitute for HB 2166 by Committee on Transportation - Providing for the Braden's hope for childhood cancer, proud educator and alpha kappa alpha distinctive license plates and providing distinctive license plates for current and veteran members of the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard and space force and modifying the requirements to begin production on distinctive license plates.
Minutes Content for Fri, Mar 19, 2021
Chairperson Petersen opened the hearing on Substitute for HB2166, which he designated the omnibus license plate bill.
Mr. Siebers outlined the salient facets of the bill (Attachment 6). He stated that the bill would amend the requirements for distinctive license plates, creating three new distinctive license plates as well as six distinctive license plates for the armed forces. The bill would also reduce requirements for the following:
- Reduce the guarantee of initial issuance from 500 down to 250;
- Reduce the initial development-cost threshold from $20,000 to $5000;
- Reduce the two-year discontinuance requirement minimum from 250 to 125;
- Similarly reduce educational-institutions and issue-oriented distinctive plates.
Representative Gail Finney, House District 84, spoke in support of the bill; she focused specifically on the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, which was founded in 1908 to honor African-American college-educated women (Attachment 7).
Written-only proponent testimony was submitted by:
- Matt Lindsey, President, Kansas Independent College Association; (Attachment 8)
- Deliece Hofen, Founder, Braden's Hope; (Attachment 9)
- Melissa Carriker, Mother of Matthew Carriker, Belle Plaine; (Attachment 10).
- Amanda Gray, Mother of Chase Maddox Gray, Manhattan; (Attachment 11).
- Julie Hickman, President, DCT, Inc.; (Attachment 12)
- Lavonta Williams, Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; (Attachment 13)
- Harriet Herbert, Mu Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (Attachment 14).
The hearing on Substitute for HB 2166 was closed.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:03 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 22, 2021.
