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IntroducedJan 18, 2024
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Establishing the state conservation fund, the working lands conservation fund, the wildlife conservation fund and the Kansas outdoors fund, providing for the use of moneys from such funds, requiring certain reports to the governor and the legislature and authorizing certain transfers to and from such funds.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 30, 2024: Died in Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 2541
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resourcessponsor
- Representative Blex on behalf of Kansans for ConservationRequester
Lobbyists
Brad Loveless, Secretary | Client: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks | HB 2541, Neutral, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Angel Cushing | Client: Resident of Allen County | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Marci Laffen | Client: Citizen of Andover, Kansas | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Dan Byfield, CEO | Client: American Stewards of Liberty | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Debbie Detmer | Client: Citizen of Shawnee, Kansas | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Shad Sullivan, Property Rights Chair | Client: R-CALF USA | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Shanxi Omoniyi | Client: Citizen, KS Senate District 10 | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Sheila Sumpter | Client: Citizen, Olathe, Kansas | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Abe Lollar, Biologist | Client: Ducks Unlimited | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Dan Meyerhoff, Executive Director | Client: Kansas Association of Conservation Districts | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Erika Devore, Executive Director | Client: Kansas Recreation and Park Association | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Josh Roe, CEO | Client: Kansas Corn Growers Association; Kansas Farm Bureau; Kansas Association of Wheat Growers | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Justin Cobb, Legislative Chair | Client: Kansans for Conservation | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Representative Doug Blex, 12th District | Client: Kansas House of Representatives | HB 2541, Proponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Alfonson Leyva, Board President | Client: Kansas Wildlife Federation | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Barth Crouch, Chair | Client: Ranchland Trust of Kansas | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Ben Postlethwait, State Director | Client: The Nature Conservancy in Kansas | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Clark H. Coan | Client: | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
David J. Kraft, Executive Director | Client: Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Dawn Buehler, Executive Director | Client: Friends of the Kaw | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Ellen Parker, Associate Attorney | Client: WaterOne | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Eran Sandquist, Director of Conservation - Midwest Region | Client: Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Floyd Schmidt, President | Client: Kansas Forestry Association | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Ginny Moore, Kansas State Director | Client: The Conservation Fund | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Jackie Augustine, Executive Director | Client: Audubon of Kansas | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
James Millensifer, Board President | Client: Ringneck Classic Inc. | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Jennifer Simmelink, Coordinator | Client: Kansas Soil Health Alliance | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Kaitlin Stanley, Executive Director | Client: Kansas Land Trust | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Kurt Ratzlaff, Policy and Legislation Chair | Client: Kansas Chapter of Bachcoutry Hunters and Anglers | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Laura Downey, Executive Director | Client: Kansas Association for Conseration and Environmental Education | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Mallory Lutz | Client: Kansas Food and Farm Coalition | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Nick Levendofsky, Executive Director | Client: Kansas Farmers Union | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Olivia Bergmeier, Executive Director | Client: State Association of Kansas Watersheds | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Sarah Hill-Nelson | Client: The Bowersock Mills & Power Co. | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Tom Buller | Client: Kansas Rural Center | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
William F. Bradley Jr., President | Client: FarmTender, LLC | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Zack Pistora | Client: Kansas Sierra Club | HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Submitted by Tracey Barton, Executive Director | Client: The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition | HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Fiscal Note | Client: | HB 2541 | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Aaron M. Popelka, VP of Legal and Governmental Affairs | Client: Kansas Livestock Association | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
David P. Wiese | Client: Senior Assistant Revisor of Statutes | HB 2541, Bill Brief | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Matt Smith, Conservation Delivery Specialist | Client: Playa Lakes Joint Venture | HB 2541, Proponent, Written-Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Tracy Barton, Executive Director | Client: The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition | HB 2541, Email, Opponent, Written-Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Amy Siple | Client: Private Citizen | HB 2541, Opponent, Oral | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Matthew T. Steele, CEO/Executive Director | Client: Kansas Cattlemen's Association | HB 2541, Opponent, Written-Only | Start date: 01/22/2024 | End date: 01/22/2024 |
Votes
Actions
- Apr 30, 2024 | House
- Died in Committee
- Jan 22, 2024 | House
- Hearing: Monday, January 22, 2024, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
- Jan 18, 2024 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Minutes
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Brad Loveless, Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (HB 2541, Neutral, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Angel Cushing, Resident of Allen County (HB 2541, Opponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Marci Laffen, Citizen of Andover, Kansas (HB 2541, Opponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Dan Byfield, CEO, American Stewards of Liberty (HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Debbie Detmer, Citizen of Shawnee, Kansas (HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Shad Sullivan, Property Rights Chair, R-CALF USA (HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Shanxi Omoniyi, Citizen, KS Senate District 10 (HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Sheila Sumpter, Citizen, Olathe, Kansas (HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Abe Lollar, Biologist, Ducks Unlimited (HB 2541, Proponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Dan Meyerhoff, Executive Director, Kansas Association of Conservation Districts (HB 2541, Proponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Erika Devore, Executive Director, Kansas Recreation and Park Association (HB 2541, Proponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Josh Roe, CEO, Kansas Corn Growers Association; Kansas Farm Bureau; Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (HB 2541, Proponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Justin Cobb, Legislative Chair, Kansans for Conservation (HB 2541, Proponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Representative Doug Blex, 12th District, Kansas House of Representatives (HB 2541, Proponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Alfonson Leyva, Board President, Kansas Wildlife Federation (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Barth Crouch, Chair, Ranchland Trust of Kansas (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Ben Postlethwait, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in Kansas (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Clark H. Coan, (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by David J. Kraft, Executive Director, Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Dawn Buehler, Executive Director, Friends of the Kaw (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Ellen Parker, Associate Attorney, WaterOne (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Eran Sandquist, Director of Conservation - Midwest Region, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Floyd Schmidt, President, Kansas Forestry Association (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Ginny Moore, Kansas State Director, The Conservation Fund (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Jackie Augustine, Executive Director, Audubon of Kansas (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by James Millensifer, Board President, Ringneck Classic Inc. (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Jennifer Simmelink, Coordinator, Kansas Soil Health Alliance (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Kaitlin Stanley, Executive Director, Kansas Land Trust (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Kurt Ratzlaff, Policy and Legislation Chair, Kansas Chapter of Bachcoutry Hunters and Anglers (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Laura Downey, Executive Director, Kansas Association for Conseration and Environmental Education (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Mallory Lutz, Kansas Food and Farm Coalition (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Nick Levendofsky, Executive Director, Kansas Farmers Union (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Olivia Bergmeier, Executive Director, State Association of Kansas Watersheds (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Sarah Hill-Nelson, The Bowersock Mills & Power Co. (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Tom Buller, Kansas Rural Center (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by William F. Bradley Jr., President, FarmTender, LLC (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Zack Pistora, Kansas Sierra Club (HB 2541, Proponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Submitted by Tracey Barton, Executive Director, The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition (HB 2541, Opponent, Written Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Fiscal Note, (HB 2541)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Aaron M. Popelka, VP of Legal and Governmental Affairs, Kansas Livestock Association (HB 2541, Opponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by David P. Wiese, Senior Assistant Revisor of Statutes (HB 2541, Bill Brief)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Matt Smith, Conservation Delivery Specialist, Playa Lakes Joint Venture (HB 2541, Proponent, Written-Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Tracy Barton, Executive Director, The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition (HB 2541, Email, Opponent, Written-Only)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Amy Siple, Private Citizen (HB 2541, Opponent, Oral)
- House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mon, Jan 22, 2024: Testimony by Matthew T. Steele, CEO/Executive Director, Kansas Cattlemen's Association (HB 2541, Opponent, Written-Only)