Key Votes
Kansas Key Votes
SB 327 - Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants - Key Vote
Kevin Yoder voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Kevin Yoder made in this general time period.
Stages
- April 3, 2008 Senate Veto Override Passed
- March 21, 2008 Executive Vetoed
- March 6, 2008 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- March 5, 2008 House Conference Report Adopted
- Feb. 20, 2008 Senate Concurrence Vote Failed
- Feb. 19, 2008 House Bill Passed
- March 21, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 7, 2007 Senate Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Veto Override Passed (Senate) - April 3, 2008
Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - March 21, 2008
Title: Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) - March 6, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that regulates energy efficiency and air pollution measures and limits the powers of the Secretary of Health and Environment.
Highlight: - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Environment from adopting air pollution regulations stricter than those of the federal Clean Air Act (sec. 27). - Alters the way the Secretary of Health and Environment permits applications for new power plants (sec. 28). - Requires the Secretary of Administration to adopt energy efficient guidelines for state agencies when they purchase equipment and for state owned buildings (sec. 2-5). - Requires 10% of the state's electricity to be generated from renewable resources by 2012, 15% by 2016, and 20% by 2020 (sec. 8). - Outlines possible tax credits and deductions for energy-efficient measures and appliances, such as certain ceiling installations or air conditioning ventilations (sec. 32 &33). - Limits mercury pollution from power plants (sec. 34).
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) - March 5, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that regulates energy, efficiency, and air pollution measures and limits the powers of the Secretary of Health and Environment.
Highlight: - Restricts the Secretary of Health and Environment from adopting air pollution regulations stricter than those of the federal Clean Air Act (sec. 27). - Alters the way the Secretary of Health and Environment permits applications for new power plants (sec. 28). - Requires the Secretary of Administration to adopt energy efficient guidelines for state agencies when they purchase equipment and for state owned buildings (sec. 2-5). - Requires 10% of the state's electricity to be generated from renewable resources by 2012, 15% by 2016, and 20% by 2020 (sec. 8). - Outlines possible tax credits and deductions for energy-efficient measures and appliances, such as certain ceiling installations or air conditioning ventilations (sec. 32 &33). - Limits mercury pollution from power plants (sec. 34).
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Failed (Senate) - Feb. 20, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Feb. 19, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that regulates energy, efficiency, and air pollution measures and limits the powers of the Secretary of Health and Environment.
Highlight: - Requires the Secretary of Administration to adopt rules and regulations concerning the purchase of products and equipment such as light bulbs, lighting fixtures, appliances, and computers to insure that they meet energy efficiency guidelines and qualify as energy star products (Sec. 3). - Enforces the state policy to protect air quality by following the federal guidelines as stated in the Federal Clean Air Act [Sec. 26, 19b) - Sets a new standard for the measure and control of mercury emissions by affected facilities for a 80% or greater reduction of mercury emissions that will become part of the Kansas Air Quality Act [Sec. 32, 1 and 3c]. - Substitute offered by House Committee on Energy and Utilities on 02/13/2008
Note:
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - March 21, 2007
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 7, 2007
Title: Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Pat Apple (KS - R)
- Donald Betts Jr. (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jay Scott Emler (KS - R)
- Greta Hall Goodwin (KS - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Haley (KS - D)
- Nick M. Jordan (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Julia Lynn (KS - R)
- Carolyn McGinn (KS - R)
- Ralph Ostmeyer (KS - R)
- Peggy R. Palmer (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Petersen (KS - R)
- Roger C. Pine (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis D. Pyle (KS - R)
- Derek Schmidt (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Vicki Schmidt (KS - R)
- Jean Kurtis Schodorf (KS - R)
- Mark Taddiken (KS - R)
- Ruth Teichman (KS - R)
- Dennis M. Wilson (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- David C. Wysong (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
