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Minutes for HB2372 - Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council.
Minutes Content for Mon, Feb 17, 2025
The Chairman opened the hearing on HB2372.
Mike Heim, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, gave a briefing (Attachment 14) on HB2372 regarding designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council.
Mark Engholm testified as a (Attachment 15) neutral on HB2372 and spoke to a streamlined approach to recognize the Kansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Wichita as the official state memorial, transfer the collected funds from the memorial fund to the City of Wichita for maintenance and enhancements.
The Chairman referred the committee to review the Written Only testimony provided by:
- Ted Bush, (Attachment 16) testified in strong support of honoring our firefighters.
- Mike Hoheisel, testified in support (Attachment 17) and invited the committee to attend the memorial this year to honor the fallen firefighters.
The Chairman closed the hearing on HB2372.
