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Having spent a good deal of time in local government it's my opinion that most state legislators pass anything that might get them reelected and if the bill looks like it isn't controversial than they will pass it just to get it off their plate. In Kansas legislators get a better retirement than almost any state worker (regardless of time served) after only ten years in the legislature so their motivation is just to stay in office for ten years. This means that one persons odd idea only has to make it thru committee to get passed, if it doesn't involve taxes or schools. They kind of take the idea "if it's a pain in the ass then we can campaign on removing it and fix it next session".