R Kansas House · District 96 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Tom Kessler

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Session

Total votes

1,910

all sessions

Attendance

95%

91 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Higher than 95% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 97% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

1,679

voted in favor

Nay

140

voted against

Absent

91

missed votes

Total cast

1,910

across all sessions

Crossed party

20

votes against own party

This page

1,910

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2172

Enacting the uniform trust decanting act, authorizing modification of a noncharitable irrevocable trust to provide that the rule against perpetuities is inapplicable, providing that the Kansas uniform statutory rule against perpetuities is inapplicable to trusts under certain circumstances and modifying the definition of resident trust in the Kansas income tax act.

Absent

Passed

122–0

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2173

Ensuring that refrigerants that are approved for use under federal law may be used in Kansas.

Absent

Passed

105–17

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2197

Providing a procedure for the distribution of a first-time home buyer savings account balance upon the death of an account holder, changing the term "transfer on death" to "payable on death" and resolving a conflict when beneficiaries differ on a financial institution's account records and tax forms required by the secretary of revenue.

Absent

Passed

121–1

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2236

Establishing parents' right to direct the education, upbringing and moral or religious training of their children including the right to object to harmful and inappropriate educational materials.

Absent

Passed

75–47

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2238

Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.

Absent

Passed

82–40

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2240

Requiring the clerk of the district court to give notice of qualified residential treatment program placement.

Absent

Passed

122–0

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2263

Authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines, creating a civil cause of action against a physician and requiring revocation of a physician's license who performs a childhood gender reassignment service.

Absent

Passed

119–3

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2264

Requiring notification to patients that the effects of a medication abortion may be reversible and revising the definition of "abortion" to clarify procedures that are excluded from such definition.

Absent

Passed

103–19

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2279

Requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual written reports to the legislature and to provide water conservation and stabilization action plans to the chief engineer.

Absent

Passed

116–6

Feb 23, 2023

HB 2291

Permitting food establishments to allow dogs in outside areas and microbreweries to allow dogs in outside and inside areas, allowing microbreweries to sell beer with a limited alcohol content as cereal malt beverage.

Absent

Passed

108–14

Feb 23, 2023