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Minutes for HB2476 - Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Short Title
Permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.
Minutes Content for Wed, Jan 21, 2026
Chairperson Rahjes opened the hearing on HB2476 and requested Revisor Kyle Hamilton, Office of Revisor of Statutes, to give a brief of the bill. (Attachment 1)
Research Analyst, Walter Schmidt, Legislative Research Department, was asked by Chairperson Rahjes to provide the fiscal report.
Chairperson Rahjes recognized Randy Stookey, Sr. Vice President Government Affairs and General Counsel, Kansas Grain and Feed Association and Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association, to offer proponent testimony. (Attachment 2)
Additional Oral Proponent testimony was given by:
Doug Biswell, General Manager, At Large, Kansas Cooperative Council (Attachment 3)
Jared Nash, First VP, District 4, Kansas Soybean Association (Attachment 4)
Steve Hitchcock, Governmental Relations, Kansas Agricultural Aviation Association (Attachment 5)
Eric Stafford, VP of Government Affairs, Kansas Chamber (Attachment 6)
Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, Executive Director, Modern Agriculture Alliance (Attachment 7)
The conferees stood for questions from Committee members.
Written-Only Proponent testimony was received from:
Claudia Hissong, Kansas Farm Bureau (Attachment 8)
Aaron M. Popelka, VP of Legal and Governmental Affairs, Kansas Livestock Association (Attachment 9)
Chris Tanner, President, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (Attachment 10)
Josh Roe, Kansas Corn Growers Association (Attachment 11)
Brian Younker, Secretary, Board of Directors, Kansas Sorghum Producers (Attachment 12)
Chairperson Rahjes recognized Nick Levendofsky, Executive Director, Kansas Farmers Union, to present Opponent testimony. (Attachment 13)
Others providing Opponent testimony were:
Kelly Ryerson (via WebEx), Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder, American Regeneration (Attachment 14)
Tom Buller, Executive Director, Kansas Rural Center (Attachment 15)
Patrick Ross, Sierra Club, Kansas Executive Committee (Attachment 16)
Zack Pistora, Sierra Club, Kansas Chapter Lobbyist (Attachment 17)
Opponent conferees stood for questions from the Committee members.
Written-Only Opponent testimony was received from the following individuals:
Carrie Barth, Former Kansas Representative (Attachment 18)
Debbie Detmer, Citizen (Attachment 19)
Jill O'Connor, Citizen (Attachment 20)
Callie Jill Denton, Executive Director, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Attachment 21)
Atenas Mena, MSN, RN, NC-BC (Attachment 22)
Tessa Poolman, Citizen (Attachment 23)
Chairperson Rahjes asked if there was anyone else who wished to testify or make comments.
Wes Spohr, Agriculture Partners Coop. made comments.
Chairperson Rahjes thanked the conferees for their presence and closed the hearing on HB2476.
Representative Roth was thanked for bringing deer jerky to the Committee members.
After the meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m., the following testimony was received from:
Lauren Shiffman, Citizen (Attachment 24)
Jonathan Smith, Citizen (Attachment 25)
Jay Feldman, Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides (Attachment 26)
Benee Hudson, Precinct Committeewoman, Overland Park (Attachment 27)
The next scheduled meeting of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will be Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
