tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post5695729452252807118..comments2023-10-29T09:20:01.247-05:00Comments on In This Moment: ALERT: Ban on Domestic Partner Registries slated for vote; call the Kansas House NOWDiane Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134079095789524153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post-3088274895161453262008-02-19T22:47:00.000-06:002008-02-19T22:47:00.000-06:00Gary, it looks like we were posting simultaneously...Gary, it looks like we were posting simultaneously. Sudden votes like this are the norm in any legislative body. The House goes into session at 11 am. Anyone you can reach before that time will help.Diane Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134079095789524153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post-3428749296970990432008-02-19T22:45:00.001-06:002008-02-19T22:45:00.001-06:00Last year, the bill was passed out of a House comm...Last year, the bill was passed out of a House committee and sent to the House floor where it sat over the interim between sessions. This is one of those rare years where a bill can linger on the House agenda from session to session. Given the committee action from last year, the bill was and is eligible for a vote by the full House at any time.<BR/><BR/>No formal action is needed to bring the bill up for a vote. All that has to happen is for the Republican House leadership to decide to allow the full House to vote on it. That is what has happened. <BR/><BR/>KEC has received word that the bill is coming up for a vote by the full House tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>In any legislative action, there can always be last minute changes. But this is what KEC knows at this time.Diane Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134079095789524153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post-52587365112179725212008-02-19T22:45:00.000-06:002008-02-19T22:45:00.000-06:00DAMN! It's right there in the middle of page four...DAMN! It's right there in the middle of page four! Feb.20, 2008! But it's not listed on the weekly "house calendar", and there is no mention of it in the archives since 3/07. Interestingly, I have a copy of tomorrows calendar that I printed earlier this evening and 2299 is NOT on that copy.<BR/>I am sorry if I have slowed down the importance of getting this message out. <BR/>I am already planning to be in Topeka tomorrow morning with a couple of hundred social work students and faculty from across the state. We meet at 9. I'll see what we can do: we're planning on being at the capital in the afternoon already...GEBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437384750158160672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post-69848690247887134902008-02-19T20:19:00.000-06:002008-02-19T20:19:00.000-06:00I've just been to the Kansas House and Senate webs...I've just been to the Kansas House and Senate websites and can find no evidence that this bill is scheduled for discussion tomorrow, or for that matter, at any time in this legislative year!<BR/> <BR/>Wasn't this voted on and passed last March?<BR/><BR/>A search of the House of Rep (online) archives shows that the last official mention of this bill was 11 months ago in 3/07.<BR/><BR/>What am I missing here?<BR/><BR/>Gary BachmanGEBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437384750158160672noreply@blogger.com