D Kansas Senate · District 8

Sen. Cindy Holscher

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Session

Total votes

2,632

all sessions

Attendance

97%

66 missed

Higher than 78% of chamber peers

With party

97%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

1,980

voted in favor

Nay

577

voted against

Absent

missed votes

Total cast

2,632

across all sessions

Crossed party

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 271

House Substitute for SB 271 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Prohibiting governmental agencies from acquiring critical components of drone technology from countries of concern and prohibiting state-level agencies from procuring final or finished goods or services from countries of concern.

Yea

Passed

27–13

Mar 28, 2023

SB 291

House Substitute for SB 291 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Transferring all cybsersecurity services under the chief information technology officer of each branch of government, creating chief information security officers within the judicial and legislative branches, requiring a chief information security officer to be appointed by the attorney general, Kansas bureau of investigation, secretary of state, state treasurer and insurance commissioner and requiring the chief information security officers to implement certain minimum cybersecurity standards, requiring the information technology executive council to develop a plan to integrate executive branch information technology services under the executive chief information technology officer, making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, for the office of information technology, Kansas information security office and the adjutant general, authorizing certain transfers and imposing certain limitations and restrictions and directing or authorizing certain disbursements and procedures for all state agencies and requiring legislative review of state agencies not in compliance with this act.

Nay

Passed

29–11

Mar 28, 2023

SB 300

House Substitute for SB 300 by Committee on Taxation - Modifying income tax rates for individuals, increasing the standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income limit for an income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax rate, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund, providing for certain transfers to the special city and county highway fund and decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

Nay

Passed

34–6

Mar 28, 2023

SB 309

Creating the fixing instant revenue shock for taxpayers fund and the local extraordinary needs fund, establishing the joint committee on local extraordinary needs grants and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund.

Nay

Failed

17–23

Mar 28, 2023

HB 2010

Senate Substitute for HB 2010 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime; increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; providing that the service of postrelease supervision period shall not toll except as otherwise provided by law; and allowing certain nondrug offenders to participate in a certified drug abuse treatment program. Against party

Nay

Passed

38–2

Mar 28, 2023

HB 2019

Implementing additional reporting requirements for information technology projects and state agencies, requiring additional information technology security training and status reports, requiring reporting of significant cybersecurity audits and changing the membership requirements, terms of members and the quorum requirements for the information technology executive council.

Nay

Passed

29–11

Mar 28, 2023

HB 2039

Designating Lehigh Portland state park and exempting disabled veterans from certain requirements and fees relating to hunting and fishing licenses.

Yea

Passed

39–1

Mar 28, 2023

HB 2059

Exempting charitable raffle prizes of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverages from the Kansas liquor control act, the club and drinking establishment act and the Kansas cereal malt beverage act; amending the spirits, wine and beer distributors law regulating samples; requiring monthly remittance of gallonage taxes regarding special order shipping of wine; allowing businesses to sell cereal malt beverage by the drink on Sundays without requiring that 30% of the gross receipts of such businesses be derived from the sale of food; permitting food establishments to allow dogs in outside areas on the premises and food establishments that are microbreweries to allow dogs in outside and inside areas on the premises notwithstanding certain provisions of the Kansas food code; amending the common consumption area law to permit rather than require roads be blocked and allowing designation of such areas by signage.

Yea

Passed

35–5

Mar 28, 2023

HB 2080

Authorizing students enrolled in a virtual school to take virtual state assessments. Against party

Nay

Passed

34–5

Mar 28, 2023

HB 2082

Authorizing counties to create a code inspection and enforcement fund and a municipalities fight addiction fund, and expanding the scope of county equipment reserve fund to include other technology expenses.

Yea

Passed

38–2

Mar 28, 2023