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The bill, as described by Weese, would add a new section of law barring municipalities from implementing a guaranteed income program that uses tax revenue unless the Legislature approves such a program. The bill defines a \"guaranteed income program\" as one that is not expressly required by federal law or regulation and that provides individuals with a regular periodic cash payment. A House floor amendment revised the definition and clarified that the prohibition applies to programs using tax revenue. The reviser said the bill's effective date would be July 1, 2025, and noted the House passed the bill on Feb. 20 by a vote of 86 to 37.

Proponent testimony came from Steve Green of Opportunity Solutions Project. \"It is important to note that this bill doesn't prohibit cities outright from being able to participate in guaranteed income programs or universal basic income,\" Green said, describing the House amendment that conditions tax-funded programs on legislative approval. Green described guaranteed basic income as unconditional cash payments (examples given included $500 or $1,000 monthly models) and distinguished those programs from means-tested cash assistance with work requirements, like TANF. He said he will provide the committee with studies he cited showing modest or waning health impacts over multi-year trials and evidence of declining work participation in some pilots.

Senators on the committee asked whether the bill responds to a current Kansas program. Green said no Kansas city was actively operating such a program, but he pointed to Douglas County and the city of Lawrence, which he said included in a multi-year community health plan an outcome to participate in a guaranteed basic income program within the next two to three years.

John Goodyear, general counsel for the League of Kansas Municipalities, testified in opposition in writing and answered committee questions. \"We would certainly argue no,\" Goodyear said when asked whether the legislation is needed now; he described the idea as aspirational and warned the bill would be an unnecessary limit on local control. He also said the policy had not gained traction among Kansas cities and cautioned the committee about preempting locally elected officials.

Committee members pressed both sides on local control and on whether state funds that flow to cities create a state interest in how local tax dollars are used. The proponent acknowledged opponents' local-control concerns and said the amended bill follows a model used in other states (he referenced Arkansas) while still supporting the amended version.

The hearing closed with no neutral testimony and no committee vote recorded in the transcript.

Votes and legislative status noted during the hearing: the reviser said the House passed HB 2101 on Feb. 20 by a vote of 86 to 37 and stated the bill's effective date would be July 1, 2025. The committee did not take a vote during the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Committee on Government Efficiency 03/10/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Committee on Government Efficiency heard House Bill 2101, which would prohibit a city or county from adopting or funding a guaranteed income program using tax revenue unless the Legislature expressly approves the program.","taxTitle","Committee on Government Efficiency , Standing, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Kansas","taxId",77835,"location","Kansas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6643927,"Committee hears bill to expand Commerce database for economic development incentives and tighten reporting",1052,926000,1978000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2531508-f0409b1639cf7a88d82749855dedc916&start=926&end=1978","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2531508-f0409b1639cf7a88d82749855dedc916/thumbnail_926000.jpg","/articles/6643927/Kansas/Committee-hears-bill-to-expand-Commerce-database-for-economic-development-incentives-and-tighten-reporting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643927-4a77900fc5c3bf3edd0bacda86eb308a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771042466&Signature=Y8oc9mhKZcN8FEF3MEL70fXDxldbXcu4AuBU-kzBYGL1aPQnv8W23rezWFl9gidg8ilmkBmoMglmHwi1DYYQQOn4TOSnHzTTKnu3vD--ybawm~eFBKI7IRLrm6nru3pPlQ0dPVibxG7mFeBUggGSlM6dQySw4MQ9D1eIYcq~v1YWuRBrxJJ~39Pdjv3P1EnqZ41L3ZJONM1gk-vV3Ojc3EZgJsoJ3jTSfJP4YykQ-NliH-G4gHm~umdWMq6ggUUkoSffmfxRzxcetiBsLPe6p-Xrc4ovddmwXTcXWhOMqZKLsl3iVfefNvqB1hrgb-qiDP~2pPNIkoh0s0Tud~QsPg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Committee on Government Efficiency held a hearing on House Bill 2304, a measure that would expand reporting and transparency for economic development incentive programs and require the Kansas Department of Commerce to maintain a comprehensive, searchable database of incentive awards.

David Weese, the reviser, summarized the bill for the committee. He said the bill would amend statutes to add certain local-government incentive programs to the statutory definition of economic development programs and to require the Department of Commerce to collect data from local governments and publish it on a searchable website. The database would allow searches by program, county and recipient, provide downloadable reports and summary reports, and disclose the most recent three years of incentive claims and the total amount of funds claimed over the life of each incentive. The reviser said recipients of incentives exceeding $50,000 would be required, as a condition of an award, to provide the information required for publication. The House committee also amended the bill to require the database to calculate total incentives by category and year and to permit summary reports to the House and Senate Commerce committees by Jan. 31 each year. The reviser also said the bill allows the secretary to impose an administrative fee equal to 1% of the total incentive amount not to exceed $1,000 per recipient to pay the costs of administering and maintaining the database. The reviser reported the House passed the bill on Feb. 4 by a vote of 97 to 26.

Representative Christie Williams testified in support and described a multi-year effort dating to 2017 to implement a transparency portal. \"The law was good, but it took 5 years for it to be 80% implemented,\" Williams said, describing gaps found by a legislative post audit and missing totals and year-based searchability in the current Commerce portal. Williams said some incentives (she cited the High Performance Incentive Program/HPIP in her written comments) had encumbered credits and that the lifetime totals of credits can compound across years; she said Commerce reported $464 million in incentives in 2022 and that, when combined with other changes, state incentives could amount to about $1 billion per year. She urged the committee to close remaining gaps and provide better summary calculations and year-by-year reporting.

Opponent testimony included Michael Koss, city attorney for Overland Park, who identified several areas he said could produce unintended or burdensome reporting requirements. Koss noted the bill's definition would require reporting grants, loans, leases, land acquisition, site prep, utilities, workforce development or other incentives accepted by a recipient when over $50,000; he said that threshold would still capture items such as special alcohol funds, opioid settlement funds distributed to nonprofits, and federal CDBG funds distributed by cities. He warned the draft language could force disclosure of complex corporate ownership structures for recipients and raised a confidentiality concern tied to statutes that protect certain CID/TDD revenue from disclosure. He asked the committee to consider tightening definitions and to extend the current 30-day reporting window to 45 or 60 days to allow local governments to gather complex ownership and contracting information.

Committee members asked whether the municipal concerns could be addressed by requiring additional information at application time or by allowing more time to compile disclosure; Koss said some details (collateral assignments, partners) often arise after agreement execution and that local governments lack authority to compel a private developer to provide all corporate breakdowns. The committee noted neutral written testimony from Spencer Duncan (Government Affairs, League of Kansas Municipalities) and Rachel Willis (Director of Legislative Affairs, Kansas Department of Commerce) was on file.

The hearing record in the transcript contains no committee vote. The reviser said the House passed HB 2304 (reported as 02/2004) by a vote of 97 to 26; the committee took testimony and questions but did not record a committee action in the provided transcript.","The Committee on Government Efficiency heard House Bill 2304, which would expand reporting requirements for state and local economic development incentives and require the Department of Commerce to publish a comprehensive, searchable database of incentive awards and recipients.","actionData","errors"]

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