<div dir="ltr">FYI<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:33 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: [Electronic-lan] Fwd: News Flash From the Capitol: Concealed Carry hearing<br>To: LAN <<a href="mailto:lawrenceneighborhoods@gmail.com">lawrenceneighborhoods@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><br><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div class="m_-7410596029100881580moz-forward-container"><span class=""><table class="m_-7410596029100881580moz-email-headers-table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><th align="RIGHT" nowrap valign="BASELINE">Subject:</th><td>News Flash From the Capitol</td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT" nowrap valign="BASELINE">Date:</th><td>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:04:38 +0000</td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT" nowrap valign="BASELINE">From:</th><td>Marci Francisco<span class="m_-7410596029100881580Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="m_-7410596029100881580moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Marci.Francisco@senate.ks.gov" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><Marci.Francisco@<wbr>senate.ks.gov></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></span><div class="m_-7410596029100881580WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></p><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td height="4" width="203"><br></td></tr><tr><td><br></td><td><a href="mailto:marci.francisco@senate.ks.gov" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img id="m_-741059602910088158004189607-A881-4A9F-9A09-A5E5B4129FFA" height="94" width="320" src="cid:AC686900-2813-417F-9D8E-6FBD1B75A4D4@attlocal.net"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><u></u> <u></u><p></p><br clear="ALL"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin-top:116px;width:673px;height:37px"><img id="m_-7410596029100881580DA29B83A-814A-4572-A77C-6B67B6558445" height="18" width="320" src="cid:3883BDFC-7993-4812-8696-6855A9104FB7@attlocal.net"></span><img id="m_-7410596029100881580297DA243-8718-4B37-B9FC-F28F48A68662" height="104" width="207" src="cid:2DF11193-A66F-4F20-813E-D7122F44AE03@attlocal.net">          </p><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                              <wbr>                              <wbr>                              <wbr>                              <wbr>                    <span class="m_-7410596029100881580Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">January 25, 2017<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am e-mailing you today because a committee hearing for<span class="m_-7410596029100881580Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/sb53/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senate Bill 53</span></b></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7410596029100881580Apple-converted-space"> </span>has been scheduled for 10:30 am tomorrow morning in the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee; it was just listed in the Senate calendar this morning. This bill would allow for more local control of concealed carry by allowing a governing body of a state or municipally owned medical care facility, adult care home, community mental health center, indigent health care clinic, or postsecondary educational institution to exempt buildings from K.S.A. 75-7c20. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I plan to be at the hearing and to testify.  I have heard from many constituents, most of whom would like to see such local control as well as reinstatement of requirements for permits and training.  This would only be a first step in the process to amend the statute.  After the hearing the committee chair will decide whether to work the bill, the committee would decide whether to vote the bill out favorably to send on for consideration by the full Senate.  The Senate could then debate the bill and pass it on for consideration by the House.  The Governor would need to sign the bill or let it become law without his signature for any change to be made.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you haven’t already, please let me know if you have interest or concerns with this legislation. <u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Marci Francisco<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kansas Senator, 2nd District<u></u><u></u></span></div></span></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>Electronic-lan mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Electronic-lan@lists.ku.edu" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Electronic-lan@lists.ku.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.ku.edu/listinfo/electronic-lan" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://lists.ku.edu/listinfo/<wbr>electronic-lan</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br></div></div>