Oletha Faust-Goudeau

Committee assignments

• Ethics and Elections
• Federal and State Affairs
• Joint Committee on Arts and Cultural Resources
• Joint Committee on Children's Issues
• Commerce
• Joint Committee on Economic Development
• Local Government

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Positions

• "Grandparents' Rights" bills, 3 of which she introduced, became law in 2006-2012—latest became law in 2012 with unanimous Legislative backing—essentially forcing the State and the courts to consider grandparents' for possible custody requests in most child-custody cases in which the State has intervened. Prior laws she introduced required grandparents to be heard in foster-care cases, and—if caring for their grandchildren as foster parents—to be reimbursed by the state the same as foster parents.
• Firefighters' Insurance bill — became law in 2012 with unanimous Legislative backing—ensuring that the families of firefighters killed in action are able to continue receiving protection under their firefighter's insurance coverage for the first 18 months following their firefighter's death in the line of duty.
• Drug paraphernalia prohibition bill — outlawing the distribution of certain kinds of drug paraphernalia, became law.
• Poor/Working-Class Issues - Representing the inner-city area of Wichita, Faust-Goudeau frequently takes the lead in speaking out on, and advocating for, the needs and interests of poor and working-class Kansans. Examples include:

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Memberships

• Wichita Habitat for Humanity executive board,
• Legal Services of Wichita executive board,
• League of Women Voters
• KPTS Community Advisory Board,
• NAACP Wichita Branch
• City of Wichita Human Services Board