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Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee, Kansas State Legislature

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The Pensions, Investments and Benefits 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]

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Function

“ The joint committee on pensions, investments and benefits shall:
  • Monitor, review and make recommendations regarding investment policies and objectives formulated by the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system;
  • review and make recommendations relating to benefits for members under the Kansas public employees retirement system;
  • consider and make recommendations to the standing committee of the senate specified by the president of the senate relating to the confirmation of members of the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4905, and amendments thereto. The information provided by the Kansas bureau of investigation or other criminal justice agency pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4905(h), and amendments thereto, relating to the confirmation of members of the board to the standing committee of the senate specified by the president shall be forwarded by the Kansas bureau of investigation or such other criminal justice agency to such joint committee for such joint committee's consideration and other than conviction data, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to members and employees of the joint committee as necessary to determine qualifications of such member. The committee, in accordance with K.S.A. 75-4319, and amendments thereto, shall recess for a closed or executive meeting to receive and discuss information received by the committee pursuant to this subsection;
  • review and make recommendations relating to the inclusion of city and county correctional officers as eligible members of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system; and
  • review reports regarding working after retirement exceptions pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4914 and 74-4937, and amendments thereto. The joint committee may appoint a subcomittee to carry out the provisions of this subsection.[2][3]
 ”

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (5) Republican members (7) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (5) Republican members (8) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (5) Republican members (8) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (5) Republican members (8) Third-party members(0)

“ ...shall be composed of five senators and eight members of the house of representatives. The five senate members shall be the chairperson of the standing committee on ways and means of the senate, or a member of such committee appointed by the chairperson, two members appointed by the president and two members appointed by the minority leader. The eight representative members shall be the chairperson of the standing committee on appropriations of the house of representatives, or a member of such committee appointed by the chairperson, four members appointed by the speaker and three members appointed by the minority leader.[4][3] ”

2017 legislative session

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

Pensions, Investments and Benefits Members, 2017
Democratic members (5)Republican members (8)
• Laura Kelly• Steven C. Johnson, Chair
• Lynn Rogers• Jeff Longbine, Vice chair
• Broderick Henderson• Larry Alley
• Annie Kuether• Ty Masterson
• Tom Sawyer• John E. Barker
• Daniel Hawkins
• Jim Kelly
• Richard Proehl

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.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kansas Legislative Research Department, "Role of Committees in the Kansas Legislature," accessed February 26, 2021
  2. ↑ Kansas State Legislature, "Kansas Statutes," accessed February 26, 2021(Article 46-2201(f))
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Kansas State Legislature, "Kansas Statutes," accessed February 26, 2021(Article 46-2201(a))


Current members of the Kansas State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Ty Masterson
Majority Leader:Chase Blasi
Minority Leader:Dinah Sykes
Senators
District 1
District 2
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District 4
District 5
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District 7
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Mary Ware (D)
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
Tory Blew (R)
District 34
District 35
TJ Rose (R)
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
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
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
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Ron Bryce (R)
District 12
Doug Blex (R)
District 13
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Rui Xu (D)
District 26
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District 32
District 33
Vacant
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
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Mike Amyx (D)
District 46
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Dan Osman (D)
District 49
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Mike King (R)
District 75
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Ford Carr (D)
District 85
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Jill Ward (R)
District 106
District 107
Dawn Wolf (R)
District 108
District 109
District 110
District 111
District 112
District 113
District 114
District 115
District 116
District 117
Adam Turk (R)
District 118
District 119
District 120
District 121
District 122
District 123
Bob Lewis (R)
District 124
District 125
Republican Party (87)
Democratic Party (37)
Vacancies (1)

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