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Minutes for HB2558 - Committee on Water
Short Title
Increasing the amount of moneys transferred from the state general fund to the state water plan fund and from the state water plan fund to the water technical assistance fund and the water project grant fund.
Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 10, 2026
Chairperson Minnix opened the hearing for HB2558,
Chris Waggoner, Office of Revisor of Statutes, provided a bill brief (Attachment 1)
Proponent
Katie Miller, Director of Water Services, Kansas Municipal Utilities, (Attachment 2).
Aaron Propelka, Legal and Governmental Affairs, Kansas Livestock Association, (Attachment 3).
Katie Durham, Director, GMD 1, provided WEB EX testimony, (Attachment 4).
Wendi Stark, Legislative Liaison, The League of Kansas Municipalities, (Attachment 5).
Written proponent testimony
Randy Stookey, Kansas Grain and Feed, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association, Renew Kansas Biofuels Association, (Attachment 6).
Cole Herder, City Administrator, City of Humboldt, (Attachment 7).
Ellen Parker, Associate Attorney, Water One, (Attachment 8).
Neutral
Connie Owen, Joint Presentation, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Department of Agriculture, and Kansas Water Office, (Attachment 9).
Discussion ensued regarding impact of current funding, examples of communities impacted and what other states are investing in water conservation.
Chairperson closed the hearing for HB2558.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:40 am.
