With House Judiciary Chair, Fred Patton, announcing his departure from the Kansas Legislature earlier this fall, House Speaker Dan Hawkins has had to make some committee leadership decisions. Brenda Landwehr will be moving from the K-12 Education Budget committee to the House Judiciary committee. Representative Kyle McNorton, who is filling Patton’s house seat, will take Landwehr’s seat on the K-12 Budget committee and Rep. Jason Goetz of Dodge City will serve as vice chair of this committee.
Additional moves in the House include Representative Mike Thompson replacing Representative Tory Blew’s seat on House Financial Institutions and Pensions. Blew is replacing Patton’s seat on House Commerce. Representative Clark Sanders will replace Blew’s seat on the House Higher Education Budget committee. Representative Susan Humphries will move off the House Federal and State Affairs Committee to chair the House Judiciary Committee in place of Patton.
