Despite the way it sometimes appears, not every bill introduced in the Kansas Legislature envisions burning the state to the ground and dancing on the ashes of a desiccated wasteland.
Sure, some legislation might cause problems. But other bills come from those who want the best for Kansans and have solid ideas for improving the state. After a week in which high-profile, awful ideas scurried through committees and chambers, I thought we could all use a refreshing change of pace. Let’s look at some of the positive bills introduced this session. Heck, some of them even managed to get hearings.
Then just imagine what would happen if leadership cared as much about moving constructive legislation as they do about their pet ideological projects.
House Bill 2351. “Increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel for an indigent person.”
Our justice system depends on defendants having the right to a lawyer in criminal cases, even if they can’t afford one. This bill increases that maximum rate for such lawyers to $100 per hour on or before June 30, 2024, and then to $120 per hour on and after July 1, 2024. Kansas Reflector wrote about challenges facing the Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services in January.
The bill received a hearing Feb. 13. You can watch it here.
House Bill 2182. “Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit, sales tax exemption and loans and grants to...
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