Dinah Sykes

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• SB 444 Authorizing interior inspections of residential property without the consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or if there is probable cause of imminent danger related to health and safety and allowing cities to abate certain interior code violations or delegate such authority to the county. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 443 Requiring cause for evictions from residential property, modifying the petition and notice requirements for eviction cases and removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant a continuance. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 218 Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 180 Requiring previous convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 202 Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 189 Providing injured employees the freedom of choice to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 423 Requiring certain cost-sharing assistance be applied toward a covered individual's deductible or annual out-of-pocket limit under the individual's health benefit plan. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 442 Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 219 Imposing certain health insurance coverage requirements for screening and diagnostic examinations for breast cancer. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 369 Requiring certain disclosures to be made to prospective tenants and providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 179 Establishing a child income tax credit. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 216 Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 371 Requiring landlords to offer to sell certain rental properties to the tenants of such properties before offering such properties for sale to the public. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 118 Imposing conditional term limits on members of the legislature and requiring nomination for office by petition after such term limits have run. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 220 Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 474 Enacting the Kansas short-term, limited duration insurance act; establishing definitions, disclosure, premiums, renewal and underwriting requirements relating thereto and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to adopt rules and regulations to implement and oversee the act. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SCR 1609 Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SCR 1626 Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2026 regular session of the Legislature. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 212 Enacting the prescription drug cost and affordability review act to establish the prescription drug pricing board and prescription drug affordability stakeholder council to review the cost of prescription medications and establish upper payment limits for certain prescription drugs. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 217 Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 302 Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 195 Establishing the property tax task force that shall study the property tax system in Kansas and develop recommendations and suggest improvements to law. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 370 Modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 215 Excluding social security payments from household income and increasing the household income and appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead claims. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SB 200 Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• SR 1736 Strengthening the sister-state relations between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. · Introduced · Mar 26, 2026
• SCR 1622 Providing for the adjournment of the senate and the house of representatives for a period of time during the 2026 regular session of the legislature. · Introduced · Feb 26, 2026
• SR 1724 Commemorating and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. · Introduced · Feb 4, 2026
• SR 1722 Providing for the assignment of seats in the Senate for the 2026 legislative session. · Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
• SR 1721 Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2026 session of the Legislature. · Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
• SR 1709 Commending Senator Jerry Moran for his unwavering support of Kansas farmers. · Introduced · Apr 11, 2025
• SR 1706 Condemning the pardons and commutations of sentences for those individuals involved in the attack at the United States capitol building on January 6, 2021. · Introduced · Apr 11, 2025
• SR 1717 Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. · Introduced · Mar 26, 2025
• SR 1715 Recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the capitol. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• SR 1714 Recognizing the members of the Kansas Task Force 1 for their outstanding efforts as responders during Hurricanes Helene and Milton. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
• SR 1712 Congratulating and commending the 2025 Kansas Master Teachers. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• SR 1711 Honoring Michael Young for his outstanding work and contribution to our state as a talented artist and proud Kansas native. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• SCR 1613 Providing for the first adjournment of the senate and the house of representatives for a period of time during the 2025 regular session of the legislature. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
• SR 1710 Congratulating and commending the award-winning educators in Kansas. · Introduced · Feb 19, 2025
• SR 1708 A resolution recognizing the need to invest in the future success of Kansas by supporting the wellbeing and education of our youngest residents. · Introduced · Feb 6, 2025
• SR 1704 Adopting the permanent rules of the Senate for the 2025-2028 term. · Passed Legislature · Jan 28, 2025
• SCR 1601 Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications. · Introduced · Jan 15, 2025
• SR 1701 Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2025 legislative session. · Introduced · Jan 15, 2025
• SR 1702 Providing for the assignments of seats in the Senate for the 2025 Legislative session. · Introduced · Jan 15, 2025
• SR 1703 Providing temporary rules for the Senate until permanent rules are adopted. · Introduced · Jan 15, 2025
• SR 1733 Affirming the Kansas senate's unwavering support for free press in the state of Kansas. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• SB 139 Expanding newborn screening services and increasing transfer from the medical assistance fee fund to the Kansas newborn screening fund. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• SB 140 Allowing cites, counties or other local units of government to raise the minimum wage by ordinance, resolution or law. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• SB 211 Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• SR 1730 Amending the rules of the Senate, 2021-2024. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• SR 1740 Proclaiming that the State of Kansas supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• SR 1752 Congratulating SevenDays on its 10th anniversary of teaching kindness and making a ripple to change the world. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 4, 2024
• SR 1745 Congratulating Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas on its 130th anniversary in 2024. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 8, 2024
• SCR 1619 Providing for the first adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of time during the 2024 regular session of the Legislature. · Passed Legislature · Feb 28, 2024
• SR 1736 Congratulating and commending the NCSL on its 50th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 8, 2024
• SR 1732 Congratulating and commending the members of the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year team. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 25, 2024
• SR 1728 Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2024 session of the Legislature. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 11, 2024
• SCR 1612 Providing for the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of time during the 2023 regular session of the legislature. · Passed Legislature · Apr 24, 2023
• SCR 1601 Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications. · Passed Legislature · Jan 12, 2023
• SB 48 Requiring certain insurance coverage for diagnostic examinations for breast cancer. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SCR 1623 Urging the President of the United States to stop importing oil and gas from Russia. · Passed Legislature · May 23, 2022
• SB 472 Expanding medical assistance eligibility and providing requirements therefor. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 467 Enacting the making work pay act to increase the Kansas minimum wage. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 202 Enacting the COVID-19 taxpayer and small business owner relief act including the UI fraud protection act exempting unemployment compensation income attributable to identity fraud, the retail storefront small business owner rebate act providing a refundable credit for certain retail storefront property tax and the small business property tax increase relief act establishing a payment plan for certain extraordinary increases in property taxation. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 469 Permitting certain persons convicted of a felony to be eligible for food assistance. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 203 Allowing injured employees to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 470 Requiring a prevailing wage for state public works construction contracts by state agencies and permitting cities and counties to require a prevailing for such contracts. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 471 Imposing certain health insurance coverage requirements for screening and diagnostic examinations for breast cancer, expanding eligibility for medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months and requiring children's health insurance coverage eligibility to be tied to current federal poverty income guidelines. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 192 Requiring relinquishment of firearms pursuant to certain court orders related to domestic violence. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 426 Eliminating the reduction of child day care services assistance tax credit in subsequent years following facility establishment and limitations on eligible corporations and providing a credit for employer payments to organizations for child day care services access. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SB 342 Providing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for sales of food and food ingredients and providing for the levying of taxes by cities and counties, providing an exemption from sales and use taxes for sales of farm products sold at farmers’ markets, and discontinuing the nonrefundable food sales tax credit. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• SR 1733 Congratulating and commending the University of Kansas men's basketball team on their 2022 NCAA Division I national championship. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 27, 2022
• SB 479 Authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol and establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund. · Became Law · Apr 25, 2022
• SB 330 Authorizing the construction of a memorial honoring Kansas gold star families. · Became Law · Apr 1, 2022
• SB 385 Requiring registration as a sex offender for certain violations of the crimes of breach of privacy, internet trading in child pornography and aggravated internet trading in child pornography. · Passed Legislature · Mar 23, 2022
• SR 1728 Designating February 10, 2022, as JAG-K Day at the Capitol. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 11, 2022
• SR 1723 Assigning seats in the Senate during the 2022 legislative session. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 14, 2022
• SR 1722 Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2022 legislative session. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 11, 2022
• SCR 1602 Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2021 special session. · Passed Legislature · Nov 22, 2021
• SCR 1601 Informing the Governor that the two houses of of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications. · Passed Legislature · Nov 22, 2021
• SR 1721 Recognizing 25 years of 529 Savings Plans. · Passed One Chamber · May 4, 2021
• SCR 1613 Providing for the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of time during the 2021 regular session of the Legislature. · Passed Legislature · May 3, 2021
• SCR 1612 Withdrawn · Introduced · Apr 9, 2021
• SR 1715 Assigning seats in the Senate during the 2021 session. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 11, 2021
• SCR 1610 Providing for the first adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of time during the 2021 regular session of the legislature. · Passed Legislature · Mar 11, 2021
• SR 1710 Honoring George Washington Carver. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 1, 2021
• SR 1706 Honoring World War II Medal of Honor recipients · Passed One Chamber · Feb 3, 2021
• SR 1704 Adopting permanent rules of the Senate for the 2021-2024 term. · Introduced · Feb 1, 2021
• SR 1702 Assigning seats in the Senate for the 2021 session. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 12, 2021
• SR 1701 Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2021 session. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 12, 2021
• SR 1703 Temporary rules of the Senate for the 2021 session. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 12, 2021
• SCR 1601 Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications. · Passed Legislature · Jan 12, 2021
• SR 1724 Congratulating and commending the 2022-2023 University of Kansas women's basketball team on their 2023 WNIT Championship.
• SR 1702 Assigning seats in the Senate for the 2023 session.
• SR 1713 Recognizing March 8, 2023, as International Women's Day.
• SR 1703 Amending the rules of the Senate to increase the number of members on the committee on assessment and taxation.
• SR 1701 Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2023 session of the Legislature.
• SR 1705 Adopting the permanent rules of the Senate for the 2021-2024 term.
• SR 1723 Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the bilateral relations between Kansas and the Republic of Armenia.
• SR 1722 Recognizing Dr. Sue K. Peterson Thomas for her service to the State of Kansas and Kansas State University.
• SR 1712 Recognizing the Kansas Small Business Development Center's 2023 Businesses of the Year.

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

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