She also said it was clear the bill had problems and she could not vote in favor of the bill, but because of the friendship with Schwab, she thought she had a "conflict of interest" in voting against the bill. She said she was devastated to hear of his child's death. Schwab was a personal friend and Pilcher-Cook served in the House with him. Mary Pilcher-Cook, R-Shawnee, was present but voted to pass.
In the Senate, the two votes against Senate Bill 70 in final action came from Billinger and Sen. Jack Thimesch, R-Spivey, knowing the concerns of the Kingman carnival operation, cast the only vote against the bill in the House. That spurred legislators to tighten regulations. Scott Schwab, R-Olathe, died in an amusement ride accident in Kansas City. In August 2016, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab, son of Rep. Delaying implementation, though, “gives us time to find out what the issues might be.”īy extending the date to July 2018 instead of January 2018 also will enable legislators returning to the Statehouse in January 2018 the opportunity to pass new legislation making further changes to the act that passed this year. “We all want to make sure these rides are safe,” Billinger said. The Kansas Department of Labor is charged under the new act with developing rules and regulations and issuing permits, and it faced a short period to get that done, Billinger noted.
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