KLRD staff members coordinate and help plan interim committee meetings and certain commissions and task forces that meet throughout the year.
During the regular legislative session, standing committees are coordinated and planned by committee assistants, who should be contacted through the office of the standing committee's chairperson.
Standing Committees are established by statute or by House or Senate Leadership that meet during the regular legislative session.
Interim Committees are either established by statute and meet outside the regular legislative session (e.g. joint committees, oversight committees, commissions, and task forces) or are created by Legislative Coordinating Council to review specified topics and legislation during the Interim.
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2016 JOINT COMMITTEE ON
KANSAS SECURITY
Agenda Minutes Report
Senate
Sen. Greg Smith, Chairperson
Sen. Anthony Hensley
Sen. Forrest Knox
Sen. Mike Petersen
Sen. Pat Pettey
House
Rep. Mario Goico, Vice-chairperson
Rep. Kevin Jones
Rep. Adam Lusker
Rep. Peggy Mast
Rep. Louis Ruiz
Kansas Legislative Research Dept.
Jill Shelley
Aaron Klaassen
Heather O'Hara
Office of Revisor of Statutes
Chuck Reimer
Scott Wells
Connie Burns, Committee Assistant
CHARGE
Review Various Security Matters; Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center Briefing
KSA 46-3301 directs the Joint Committee to study, monitor, review, and make
recommendations on matters related to the security of state officers or employees, state and
other public buildings and other property and infrastructure in the state, and to consider
measures for the improvement of security for the state. Specifically, in 2016, the Committee is
authorized to a tour of the Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center and to address these additional
topics:
- Investigations of threats to security of and within public offices;
- Legal issues facing the state with regard to security, including a review of the
aftermath of use of deadly force;
- Security in the Capitol, to include the effects of changes in concealed carry law
and the state of screening equipment, and at Cedar Crest;
- Communications within the state’s law enforcement community, including the
status of the Kansas Criminal Justice Information System;
- Security within educational settings;
- Agreements between the Wolf Creek Generating Station and state and local
agencies;
- Moneys received from state and federal sources for security and an overview of
how those moneys are spent;
- The readiness of the Kansas National Guard and the Air National Guard, to
include procurement of needed equipment, uniforms, and other material needed
to perform their missions;
- Efforts to attain optimal staffing at the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the
Kansas Highway Patrol and the effects of suboptimal staffing levels on fulfilling
their missions; and
- An update on veterans issues, including protection of veterans program from
fraud.
Approved Meeting Days: 2 days, including a tour of the Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center
(Topeka)
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2016 Interim Information
Approved Topics Memo
Approved Days Listing
Interim Calendar
Interim Committee Membership
Committee Reports to the 2017 Legislature
Committee Reports to the 2017 Legislature-Supplement
Statutory Joint Committees
Special Committees
Other Task Forces, Commissions, Committees
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