HCR 5008
Outcome: failed
AFL-CIO Key Vote: OPPOSE
Constitutional Amendment to Let Legislature Kill Workplace Safety Rules
This proposed constitutional amendment would allow the legislature to revoke any state regulation — including workplace safety rules, workers' comp standards, and labor enforcement procedures — through a simple concurrent resolution that the governor cannot veto. The catch-all provision letting legislators strike down any rule "not beneficial to the public good" in their "sole discretion" puts every worker protection adopted by state agencies permanently at risk. The concurrence vote failed 59-62, blocking this amendment from reaching the ballot.
Vote Weight: 8x
KS AFL-CIO supports a NAY vote
Yea (59)
Nay (62)
Absent (4)
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Neighbor | D | 18 |
| John Alcala | D | 57 |
| Louis Ruiz | D | 31 |
| Steve Huebert | R | 90 |