78 days: The state Supreme Court has given lawmakers until April 12 to produce a constitutional school finance plan.

Monday’s highlights

Kansas Atty. Gen. Phill Kline, prosecutors and family members of capital murder victims urged lawmakers to hold off trying to change the state’s death penalty law. The Kansas Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional because a jury provision favored the prosecution. But Kline said he would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review that ruling. If the Legislature changes the law to comply with the state Supreme Court ruling, Kline said, the U.S. Supreme Court is less likely to consider his appeal.

• Representatives from numerous professional associations said they had problems with a proposal by the Kansas Department of Revenue to require that individuals have their state taxes paid before they could get or renew a license. More negotiations are expected before the Senate tax committee considers the measure.

Today’s schedule:

8:30 a.m.: Senate Commerce Committee, presentation on new brand image campaign.

9 a.m.: House Selection School Finance Committee, bilingual weight discussion.

1:30 p.m.: House Federal and State Affairs Committee, public hearing on proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Quote of the day:

“This is about getting their attention.”

— Kansas Revenue Secretary Joan Wagnon, on her agency’s proposal to require that anyone getting or renewing a professional license have their state taxes paid