R Kansas House · District 96 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Tom Kessler

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Session

Total votes

870

all sessions

Attendance

90%

88 missed

Lower than 99% of chamber peers

With party

98%

of cast votes

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 91% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

716

voted in favor

Nay

66

voted against

Absent

88

missed votes

Total cast

870

across all sessions

Crossed party

14

votes against own party

This page

870

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 2143

Extending the date that the sales tax exemption for certain cash rebates on sales or leases of new motor vehicles for sales tax purposes would apply, increasing the sales tax collection thresholds for payment by retailers, modifying the exemption for construction materials for certain educational institutions, defining nonprofit integrated community care organizations and providing a sales tax exemption therefor and providing a sales tax exemption for friends of hospice of Jefferson county.

Yea

Passed

107–3

Mar 4, 2021

SB 21

Approving election for sales tax authority for Cherokee county.

Yea

Passed

106–4

Mar 4, 2021

HB 2379

Enacting the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing act to provide insurance, liability, recordkeeping and consumer protection requirements for peer-to-peer vehicle sharing.

Yea

Passed

110–0

Mar 4, 2021

HB 2295

Exempting municipal motor grader vehicle operators from Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act requirements.

Yea

Passed

109–1

Mar 4, 2021

SB 13

Establishing notice and public hearing requirements prior to approval by a governing body to exceed its revenue neutral rate for property tax purposes and discontinuing the city and county tax lid, prohibiting valuation increase of real property solely as the result of normal repair, replacement or maintenance of existing structure, establishing a payment plan for the payment of delinquent or nondelinquent property taxes and establishing the taxpayer notification costs fund.

Yea

Passed

107–3

Mar 4, 2021

HB 2245

Permitting the division of vehicles to collect emergency contact information for registration purposes and permitting law enforcement agencies to use such information in the case of an emergency.

Yea

Passed

110–0

Mar 4, 2021

HB 2231

Amending the definition of the crime of conducting a pyramid promotional scheme, providing for an exemption and defining key terms. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

70–40

Mar 4, 2021

SB 47

Enacting the Kansas taxpayer protection act requiring the signature and tax identification number of paid tax return preparers on income tax returns and authorizing actions to enjoin paid tax return preparers from engaging in certain conduct, exempting compensation attributable as a result of identity fraud, extending the dates when corporate returns are required to be filed, providing conformity with the federal return due date for returns other than corporate returns, providing a temporary withholding option for certain teleworking employees, establishing the Eisenhower foundation contribution credit and the friends of cedar crest association contribution credit, extending the time period and expanding eligibility for the single city port authority credit, extending the time period for eligibility in the loan repayment program and income tax credit related to rural opportunity zones and defining rural opportunity zone on the basis of population.

Yea

Passed

102–8

Mar 4, 2021

HB 2405

Authorizing the issuance of $500,000,000 of pension obligation bonds to finance a portion of the unfunded actuarial liability of KPERS.

Yea

Passed

105–5

Mar 4, 2021

HB 2218

Updating the membership and responsibilities of the Kansas state employees health care commission and requiring the commission to make certain reports and recommendations to the legislature.

Yea

Passed

110–0

Mar 4, 2021