FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Contact: Clint Blaes |
Treasurer Steven Johnson statement on House Bill 2100
becoming law
TOPEKA – (April 24, 2023) – Kansas State Treasurer
Steven Johnson today issued the following statement on House Bill 2100, the
Kansas Public Investments and Contracts Protection Act, which became law today
without the governor's signature:
“This bill will ensure that public dollars –
particularly our state pension fund – are invested in ways that produce the
highest possible returns with the lowest acceptable risk, and that public
contracts are awarded to the entities best-qualified to fulfill them. I am
encouraged that Gov. Kelly allowed this bill to become law without her
signature. There is a broad consensus that so-called environmental, social or
governance (ESG) criteria should not take the place of traditional fiduciary
principles in decisions about how taxpayer dollars are spent and invested. I
commend the members of the Legislature for their work on this important
legislation.”
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