Total votes
856
all sessions
Attendance
99%
5 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
91%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
5%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
29
bills & resolutions
Higher than 98% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
856 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
696
voted in favor
Nay
154
voted against
Absent
5
missed votes
Total cast
856
across all sessions
Crossed party
74
votes against own party
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856
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2549
Judicial determinations of defendant's competency and commitment for treatment.
Yea
Passed
117–0
May 1, 2018
HB 2642
Elections: campaign finance report deadlines and penalties; publication of election results; political advertising attribution requirements and exception for social media.
Yea
Passed
116–1
May 1, 2018
HB 2492
Providing sales tax authority for certain counties and sales tax exemptions for certain organizations and coins or bullion. Against party
Yea
Failed
17–99
May 1, 2018
HB 2028
Senate Substitute for HB 2028 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Establishing the Kansas telemedicine act. Against party
Nay
Passed
102–13
Apr 30, 2018
SB 261
Providing for the disposition of judicial branch docket fees in FY 2020 and FY 2021, removing the requirement for district courts to mail marriage certificate information to the secretary of health and environment, delaying certain provisions of the scrap metal theft reduction act, amending collateral source definition for crime victims compensation fund and transferring the duty to appoint certain appraisers from the judicial administrator to the director of property valuation.
Yea
Passed
112–2
Apr 30, 2018
SB 336
House Substitute for SB 336 by Committee on Judiciary - Extending open records exceptions and requiring release of certain records by the secretary for children and families, regulating access to certain law enforcement audio and video recordings and requiring redactions of social security numbers in documents available for public inspection and copying.
Yea
Passed
114–0
Apr 30, 2018
SB 419
Amending the Kansas appraisal management company registration act.
Yea
Passed
111–0
Apr 28, 2018
SB 61
House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 61 by Committee on Appropriations-Amending Substitute for Senate Bill No. 423 to strike provisions requiring school districts to adopt a minimum local option budget; restoring certain provisions relating to local option budgets and adjusting the BASE aid accordingly.
Yea
Failed
53–60
Apr 28, 2018
SB 61
House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 61 by Committee on Appropriations-Amending Substitute for Senate Bill No. 423 to strike provisions requiring school districts to adopt a minimum local option budget; restoring certain provisions relating to local option budgets and adjusting the BASE aid accordingly.
Yea
Passed
90–24
Apr 28, 2018
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