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Information Technology Committee, Kansas State Legislature

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The Information Technology Joint Committee is a standing committee of the Kansas State Legislature.

Joint committees of the Kansas State Legislature are made up of members from the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas State Senate. According to the Kansas Legislative Research Department, joint conference committees usually include three members each from the House and Senate. Regarding joint statutory committees, the membership, appointment process, and duties are defined by the statute establishing the committee.[1]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Joint House and Senate Rules

Function

In addition to other powers and duties authorized or prescribed by law or by the legislative coordinating council, the joint committee on information technology shall:
  • Study the use by state agencies and institutions of computers, telecommunications and other information technologies;
  • review new governmental computer hardware and software acquisition, information storage, transmission, processing and telecommunications technologies proposed by state agencies and institutions, and the implementation plans therefor, including all information technology project budget estimates and three-year strategic information technology plans that are submitted to the joint committee pursuant to K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 75-7210 and amendments thereto;
  • make recommendations on all such implementation plans, budget estimates and three-year plans to the ways and means committee of the senate and the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives;
  • study the progress and results of all newly implemented governmental computer hardware and software, information storage, transmission, processing and telecommunications technologies of state agencies and institutions including all information technology projects for state agencies which have been authorized or for which appropriations have been approved by the legislature; and
  • make an annual report to the legislative coordinating council as provided in K.S.A. 46-1207 and amendments thereto and such special reports to committees of the house of representatives and senate as are deemed appropriate by the joint committee.[2][3]

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Information Technology Committee, 2025-2026

Democratic members (4) Republican members (6) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Information Technology Committee, 2023-2024

Democratic members (4) Republican members (6) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Information Technology Committee, 2021-2022

Democratic members (4) Republican members (6) Third-party members(0)

... shall be within the legislative branch of state government and which shall be composed of five members of the senate and five members of the house of representatives. Two of the senate members shall be appointed by the president of the senate, two of the senate members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate and one of the senate members shall be appointed by the chairperson of the committee on ways and means of the senate. Two of the representative members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, two of the representative members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives and one of the representative members shall be appointed by the chairperson of the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives.[4][3]

2019-2020 legislative session

Information Technology Committee, 2019-2020

Democratic members (3) Republican members (6) Third-party members(0)

Brandon Whipple (D, Ranking minority member) left this committee on January 13, 2020.

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Information Technology Members, 2017
Democratic members (4)Republican members (6)
Marci Francisco, ChairMike Petersen
Tom Holland, Vice chairDinah Sykes
Pam CurtisCaryn Tyson
Brandon WhippleBlake Carpenter
Keith Esau
Kyle Hoffman

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership for the 2015 legislative session.

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

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Footnotes


Current members of the Kansas State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Ty Masterson
Majority Leader:Chase Blasi
Minority Leader:Dinah Sykes
Senators
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Mary Ware (D)
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Tory Blew (R)
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TJ Rose (R)
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Republican Party (31)
Democratic Party (9)



Current members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Daniel Hawkins
Majority Leader:Chris Croft
Minority Leader:Brandon Woodard
Representatives
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Ron Bryce (R)
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Doug Blex (R)
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Rui Xu (D)
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Mike Amyx (D)
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Dan Osman (D)
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Mike King (R)
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Ford Carr (D)
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Jill Ward (R)
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Dawn Wolf (R)
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Adam Turk (R)
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Bob Lewis (R)
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Republican Party (87)
Democratic Party (37)
Vacancies (1)