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Early in the 2011 session, the conservative Osterman introduced a bill to repeal the state law which grants residency for tuition purposes to certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. A [[Texas]] law of this same kind has been defended in the 2012 presidential contest by Governor [[Rick Perry]]. Though Osterman's bill passed the House, it died before the State and Federal Affairs Committee of the Kansas State Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2006/|title=HB2006|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>Strongly pro-life,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osterman4house.com/index.html|title=Leslie Osterman|publisher=osterman4house.com|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman introduced legislation to amend laws relating to late-term and partial-birth [[abortion]] in Kansas. The bill passed in both houses and was signed into law on April 12, 2011, by Republican Governor [[Sam Brownback]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2035/|title=HB2035|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

Early in the 2011 session, the conservative Osterman introduced a bill to repeal the state law which grants residency for tuition purposes to certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. A [[Texas]] law of this same kind has been defended in the 2012 presidential contest by Governor [[Rick Perry]]. Though Osterman's bill passed the House, it died before the State and Federal Affairs Committee of the Kansas State Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2006/|title=HB2006|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>Strongly pro-life,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osterman4house.com/index.html|title=Leslie Osterman|publisher=osterman4house.com|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman introduced legislation to amend laws relating to late-term and partial-birth [[abortion]] in Kansas. The bill passed in both houses and was signed into law on April 12, 2011, by Republican Governor [[Sam Brownback]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2035/|title=HB2035|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

The freshman lawmaker also obtained approval of a bill to require photographic identification by voters at the precinct, a measure also adopted in Texas in 2011 and signed into law by Governor Perry. The Kansas bill was signed by Governor Brownback on April 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2067/|title=HB2067|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman also pushed for a law the Kansas Health Care Freedom Act, which would have exempted the state from the federal health-care law. The measure was withdrawn from the House calendar on February 23, 2011, and sent to the Appropriations Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2129/|title=HB2129|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman's proposal to phase out over five years the state inocme tax on corporations in Kansas was referred  to the House Committee on Taxation on February 7, 2011, pending further review.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2156/|title=HB2156|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

The freshman lawmaker also obtained approval of a bill to require photographic identification by voters at the precinct, a measure also adopted in Texas in 2011 and signed into law by Governor Perry. The Kansas bill was signed by Governor Brownback on April 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2067/|title=HB2067|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman also pushed for a law the Kansas Health Care Freedom Act, which would have exempted the state from the federal health-care law. The measure was withdrawn from the House calendar on February 23, 2011, and sent to the Appropriations Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2129/|title=HB2129|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref> Osterman's proposal to phase out over five years the state income tax on corporations in Kansas was referred  to the House Committee on Taxation on February 7, 2011, pending further review.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2156/|title=HB2156|publisher=kslegislature.org|accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

A veteran of the [[Vietnam War]] aware of the dangers of the defoliant [[Agent Orange]], Osterman in 2011 convinced his House colleagues to pass a resolution calling upon the U.S. Congress to provide "equal benefits and compensation for the treatment of Agent Orange exposure" to Vietnam-era veterans, including those who also served outside of Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/blog-post/tim-carpenter/2011-03-10/stain-agent-orange|title=Tim Carpenter, "The Stain of Agent Orange", March 10, 2011|publisher=''Topeka Capital- Journal''|accessdate=October 12, 2011}}</ref>

A veteran of the [[Vietnam War]], Osterman in 2011 convinced his House colleagues to pass a resolution calling upon the U.S. Congress to provide "equal benefits and compensation" for the treatment of exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange, including those who served both within and outside Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/blog-post/tim-carpenter/2011-03-10/stain-agent-orange|title=Tim Carpenter, "The Stain of Agent Orange", March 10, 2011|publisher=''Topeka Capital- Journal''|accessdate=October 12, 2011}}</ref>

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