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From the Desk of the Senate Majority Leader

From the Desk of the Senate Majority Leader
By Sen. Jay Emler
Last Updated: March 20, 2011

Senate committees continued their work this week as the Legislature prepares for first adjournment. The full Senate will spend three days on the floor next week considering bills that have been passed out of committees. Key bills that have passed out of Senate committees are described below. Information about each bill that has been passed by the Senate this week, as well as bills considered by Senate committees this week are detailed below that.

Balancing the Budget  

A Senate committee finalized its recommendations this week for balancing the 2012 budget, and passed the bill out unanimously. The Senate plan, which cuts $535 million from the budget and leaves the state with a positive ending balance, will go to the full Senate for consideration. Most notably, the Senate budget: makes cuts to fill the $500 million shortfall that existed for 2012; makes cuts to address the Governor's request for a $35 million ending balance in 2011; minimizes cuts to K-12 education and meets the state's special education obligations; and provides appropriate resources for services for the poor and elderly. The Governor, in his State of the State address, had asked the Legislature for a $35 million ending balance in 2011. When 2011 budget negotiations failed earlier in the month, the Governor utilized his allotment powers to provide the state with a zero ending balance for 2011. Under state law, governors are not permitted to make allotments beyond a zero ending balance. The Senate committee responded by putting together a fiscally-responsible plan that addresses the state's financial problems without raising our taxes.

Curtailing Drug Abuse  

The Senate passed a bill that will make meth-like bath salts illegal in Kansas. Recently, these addictive drugs, which are labeled as bath salts, have been linked to a number of injuries and at least one death in Kansas. Bath salts contain potent powders that produce a high similar to cocaine or meth that can cause users to experience paranoid delusions. The bath salts, which are also being banned in other states, may be snorted, injected or eaten. This same bill also bans a synthetic marijuana known as K-3. I voted for this bill, which will help curtail drug abuse in our state and further protect young people from these dangerous drugs.

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