Rep. Tom Kessler
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
Sponsored
36
bills & resolutions
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
1,910 roll-call votes
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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 2567
Senate Substitute for HB 2567 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making appropriations for the Kansas state department of education for FY 22, FY 23 and FY 24; enacting the every child can read act; authorizing course credits to be earned outside the classroom; making members of the Kansas state high school activities association mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect; requiring school districts to consider certain assessments when budgeting for the following school year; authorizing part-time school district enrollment; establishing open enrollment requirements for school districts; amending the initial age of eligibility for the tax credit for low income students scholarship program; making changes to the virtual school act and authorizing additional virtual school state aid; removing federal impact aid from the determination of local foundation aid; amending the capital improvement state aid formula; requiring the state department of education to report on student achievement outcomes; amending the Kansas promise scholarship act; establishing requirements for certain nonacademic surveys and questionnaires; increasing educational benefits for relatives of deceased, injured or disabled public safety officers, military personnel and prisoners of war; and authorizing additional education programs under the Jonson county education research triangle authority act.
Yea
Passed
68–43
Apr 28, 2022
SB 84
House Substitute for Substitute for SB 84 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Authorizing sports wagering under the Kansas expanded lottery act and historical horse race machines under the Kansas parimutuel racing act. Bipartisan
Yea
Passed
68–45
Apr 28, 2022
HB 2448
Senate Substitute for HB 2448 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring able-bodied adults without dependents to complete an employment and training program in order to receive food assistance.
Yea
Passed
79–34
Apr 28, 2022
SB 19
House Substitute for SB 19 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Implementing the 988 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline in Kansas.
Yea
Passed
103–6
Apr 28, 2022
SB 34
Substitute for SB 34 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Prohibiting governmental entities and public officials from taking certain actions related to a contagious or infectious disease, limiting powers of the governor and other governmental entities under the Kansas emergency management act to require face masks, requiring judicial review of certain emergency actions to occur without unreasonable delay and limiting powers of the secretary of health and environment related to enforcement of quarantine and student inoculation requirements.
Yea
Passed
58–51
Apr 28, 2022
SB 313
Providing for the use and regulation of autonomous motor vehicles and establishing the autonomous vehicle advisory committee.
Yea
Passed
68–42
Apr 27, 2022
HB 2466
Substitute for HB 2466 by Committee on Education - Establishing the promoting advancement in computing knowledge act to increase the availability of computer science education in Kansas schools and the career technical education credentialing and student transitioning to employment success pilot program; also exempting national assessment providers from the student online personal protection act.
Yea
Passed
100–10
Apr 27, 2022
HB 2492
Senate Substitute for HB 2492 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
Yea
Passed
110–0
Apr 27, 2022
HCR 5022
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring that a sheriff be elected in each county; exception.
Yea
Passed
84–30
Apr 26, 2022
HB 2252
Prohibiting the modification of election laws by agreement except as approved by the legislative coordinating council.
Yea
Passed
77–37
Apr 26, 2022
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