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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 2629 Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2029 Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. · Became Law · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2074 Including homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HCR 5030 Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2631 Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HCR 5023 Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas to provide that property tax exemptions be approved by the electors of the state. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2620 Increasing the eligible credit amount for the earned income tax credit. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2707 Modifying the definition of abuse in the protection from abuse act to include certain acts or threats related to pets and specifying that courts may include orders relating to pets in protection from abuse act orders. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HCR 5034 Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas by revising article 11 by establishing the freedom from taxes fund, establishing the Kansas citizens freedom review board, authorizing the board to review tax exemptions and approve or eliminate such exemptions and eliminating the motor vehicle property taxes and fees, state-mandated and state-imposed property taxes and state-imposed income and privilege taxes. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2073 Providing a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2278 Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2296 Requiring that certain health insurance plans impose a no-cost sharing requirement for a diagnostic or supplemental breast cancer examination for breast cancer imposed on an insured. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2678 Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2628 Establishing a refundable income tax credit for tuition payments and fees made to postsecondary educational institutions. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HB 2600 Establishing the Affordable Healthcare for Kansans program to expand medicaid eligibility. · Introduced · Apr 10, 2026
• HR 6043 Commemorating the life and service of Representative Melody McCray-Miller. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2026
• HR 6042 Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2026
• HR 6044 Commemorating the life and service of Representative Harold Lane. · Introduced · Apr 9, 2026
• HR 6040 Commemorating the life and service of Representative John Resman. · Introduced · Mar 24, 2026
• HR 6034 Commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson. · Introduced · Mar 13, 2026
• HR 6010 Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
• HB 2364 Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property to $65,000 of such property's appraised valuation. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HR 6047 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2497 Prohibiting district magistrate judges from issuing search warrants. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2162 Providing for sales tax exemption for hygiene products. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HCR 5021 Proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Kansas to decrease by 1/2% a year for five years from 111/2% to 9% the assessed value for real property used for residential purposes. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2363 Releasing any person convicted of a drug offense involving marijuana from such person's sentence and providing for the expungement of any associated records. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2349 Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2496 Enacting the interstate compact on the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2366 Providing for transfers to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2508 Authorizing a transfer of state general fund moneys to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund in fiscal year 2025 and all fiscal years thereafter, requiring political subdivisions to credit all such moneys to residential property taxpayers in the form of a rebate and providing a formula for such rebate amount. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2365 Terminating the KPERS 3 cash balance plan and transferring the members of such plan to the KPERS 2 plan. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2520 Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property to $100,000 of such property's appraised valuation. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HB 2348 Restoring local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2024
• HR 6042 Celebrating the historic and immense contributions of the Hispanic and Latino communities to the Kansas economy. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 19, 2024
• HR 6036 Recognizing and commending the NCSL on its 50th anniversary. · Passed One Chamber · Feb 15, 2024
• HR 6031 Supporting the strengthening of Kansas' trade partnership with Ireland. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 22, 2024
• HB 2328 Providing income tax credits for aerospace and aviation program graduates and their employers. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HB 2540 Updating schedules I, II, IV and V of the uniform controlled substances act and excluding FDA-approved drug products from the definition of marijuana. · Became Law · May 23, 2022
• HB 2661 Authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol and establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5024 Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas to provide medical assistance eligibility to the extent authorized under federal law. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5026 Constitutional amendment authorizing the medicinal use of marijuana on July 1, 2023. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HR 6028 Designating May 11, 2022 as School Nurse Day. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5025 Constitutional amendment legalizing the recreational use of marijuana on July 1, 2023. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5039 Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit partisan and racial gerrymandering when reapportioning congressional and state legislative districts. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HB 2671 Requiring statutory due process procedures for a school district's non-renewal or termination of a teacher contract. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HB 2625 Creating the crime of elector fraud to make it a crime to falsify presidential elector certificates. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HB 2660 Directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a mural honoring the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HR 6023 Condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5040 Proposing a constitutional amendment to revise article 10 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to create a redistricting commission. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HB 2300 Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HB 2487 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 for 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
• HCR 5032 Honoring Ukrainians fighting against the Russian invasion. · Passed Legislature · May 23, 2022
• HB 2609 Allowing restricted driver's license holders to drive to and from worship services for any religious organizations at age 15. · Passed Legislature · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5005 Honoring COVID-19 frontline workers. · Introduced · May 23, 2022
• HR 6029 Providing for changes in seat assignments in the House of Representatives during the 2022 legislative session. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5038 Providing for the adjournment sine die of the Senate and House of Representatives during the 2022 legislative session. · Passed Legislature · May 23, 2022
• HCR 5037 Providing for the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of time during the 2022 regular session. · Passed Legislature · May 23, 2022
• HR 6027 Congratulating and commending the 2021-2022 University of Kansas men's basketball team for winning the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 27, 2022
• HCR 5036 Extending the 2022 regular session of the legislature beyond 90 calendar days and providing for the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of time during such session. · Passed Legislature · Apr 25, 2022
• HCR 5035 Providing for the adjournment of the Senate and the House of Representatives for a period of time during the 2022 regular session of the Legislature. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2022
• HCR 5030 Recognizing the growing problem of antisemitism in the United States. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2022
• HR 6026 Honoring and recognizing the life and career of Representative J. Russell Jennings. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 30, 2022
• HR 6024 Congratulating and commending the 2020 and 2022 Kansas Master Teachers. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 17, 2022
• HCR 5031 Providing for the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives for a period of time during the 2022 regular session of the legislature. · Passed Legislature · Mar 4, 2022
• HCR 5020 Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications. · Passed Legislature · Jan 19, 2022
• HCR 5021 Providing for joint sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives for hearing messages from the Governor and the Supreme Court. · Passed Legislature · Jan 19, 2022
• HR 6021 Providing for changes in seat assignments in the House of Representatives during the 2022 legislative session. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 12, 2022
• HR 6020 Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2022 legislative session. · Passed One Chamber · Jan 12, 2022
• HB 2003 Expanding medical assistance eligibility by enacting the KanCare bridge to a healthy Kansas program. · Introduced · Nov 22, 2021
• HCR 5019 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 · Apr 8, 2021
• HCR 5001 Adopting joint rules for the House of Representatives and Senate for the 2021-2022 biennium. · Passed Legislature · Feb 4, 2021
• HR 6008 Urging the President of the United States to honor surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipients with designated state funerals.
• HR 6006 Congratulating and commending the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.
• HR 6012 Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of Friends University.
• HR 6003 Proposing the temporary rules of the House of Representatives for the 2021 session.
• HR 6002 Assigning seats in the House of Representatives for the 2021 session.
• HR 6017 Supporting the full development of the Heartland Flyer Extension.
• HR 6001 Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2021 session.
• HR 6004 Adopting permanent rules of the House of Representatives for the 2021-2022 biennium.
• HR 6012 Providing for changes in seat assignments in the house of representatives during the 2021 legislative session.

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

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