Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
Lets voters petition against local budgets whose property tax revenue exceeds last year's plus inflation (capped at 3 percent). If 10 percent of registered voters sign, the budget is disapproved and limited to prior-year property taxes. Moves the school budget deadline to October 1.
Mar 27, 2026 · Passed 63–59 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Limits the ban on prepayment penalties more than six months after signing to home loans made for personal, family or household purposes, which lets lenders charge prepayment penalties on business-purpose home loans.
Mar 26, 2026 · Passed 74–51 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Proposes a constitutional amendment, from tax year 2028, taxing residential, commercial, industrial and farm-building property at the lesser of fair market value or average fair market value, and letting the Legislature set valuation limits for property classes.
Apr 11, 2026 · Failed 59–62 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires a warrant, not a summons, for felony complaints, and bars release on a defendant's own recognizance for bonds set on a warrant issued for failing to appear after a summons.
Mar 28, 2026 · Passed 72–48 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars people unlawfully present in the U.S. from state or local public benefits, except those federal law requires. Requires applicants 18 or older to prove lawful presence, agencies to verify through the federal SAVE program, and bars reduced in-state tuition for them.
Mar 19, 2026 · Passed 78–46 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires lawsuits claiming a statewide election law violates the U.S. or Kansas Constitution to be heard in Shawnee County district court, and, if a court blocks mail-ballot signature checks, limits mail voting to voters who are away, ill, disabled, religiously unable or working the polls.
Mar 26, 2026 · Passed 78–45 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires public school districts to give elementary students 30 minutes of organized recess daily from 2027-28, bars withholding recess as discipline unless a student is an immediate threat, and requires an annual state physical fitness test for grades 1 through 12.
Apr 11, 2026 · Passed 74–47 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires nursing school faculty to hold a nursing degree at least one level above the degree of the program they teach, bars the Board of Nursing from requiring more advanced credentials, and lets the Board grant exemptions to schools with hiring hardships.
Mar 18, 2026 · Passed 81–43 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires driver's licenses to show the holder's citizenship status, and requires a provisional ballot for a person who shows a license listing them as a noncitizen at a polling place and claims to be a citizen.
Mar 28, 2026 · Passed 77–42 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Has Kansas elect to take part in the federal tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organizations for tax years after 2026, and raises the aggregate cap on the state's low-income scholarship tax credit program.
Mar 17, 2026 · Passed 76–44 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires public school districts to give elementary students 30 minutes of organized recess daily from 2027-28, bars withholding recess as discipline unless a student is an immediate threat, and requires an annual state physical fitness test for grades 1 through 12.
Apr 11, 2026 · Passed 74–47 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires nursing school faculty to hold a nursing degree at least one level above the degree of the program they teach, bars the Board of Nursing from requiring more advanced credentials, and lets the Board grant exemptions to schools with hiring hardships.
Mar 18, 2026 · Passed 81–43 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Limits the ban on prepayment penalties more than six months after signing to home loans made for personal, family or household purposes, which lets lenders charge prepayment penalties on business-purpose home loans.
Mar 26, 2026 · Passed 74–51 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Proposes a constitutional amendment, from tax year 2028, taxing residential, commercial, industrial and farm-building property at the lesser of fair market value or average fair market value, and letting the Legislature set valuation limits for property classes.
Apr 11, 2026 · Failed 59–62 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Apr 10, 2026: Bars cities and counties from adopting or enforcing local rules that stop landlords from refusing housing-voucher payments, restrict tenant screening criteria, cap security deposits, or require a right of first refusal for tenants; voids such rules adopted before July 1, 2026.
Mar 18, 2026 · Passed 75–49 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars cities and counties from enforcing building codes, ordinances, or permit and license requirements against non-public registered agritourism locations: working farms of 160 acres or less with an agricultural education facility, open to the public by invitation only.
Apr 10, 2026 · Passed 71–49 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Authorizes the state health department to adopt proposed permanent rules KAR 28-31-10 and 28-31-10b, covering hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees.
Mar 27, 2026 · Passed 69–52 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires the wildlife department to offer a resident senior combination hunting and fishing license for Kansans 65 or older, at a fee no more than one-eighth of the general lifetime combination license, and changes the Kansas kids lifetime license.
Mar 18, 2026 · Passed 101–23 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets local authorities lower residence district speed limits from 30 to 25 mph without an engineering and traffic investigation, and lets cities allow golf carts on sidewalks beside streets where golf carts are banned.
Mar 25, 2026 · Passed 89–35 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Authorizes Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever license plates from July 2026 and Delta Waterfowl plates from January 2027. Bans frames or objects that affect a license plate's visibility, and clarifies the definition of conviction in the commercial driver's license act.
Mar 24, 2026 · Passed 102–20 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Creates a 15-member Vehicle Services Modernization Task Force, limits use of the county treasurer special fund for registration costs, renames certain vehicle registration fees, and lets counties raise a transaction fee to no more than $10 in 2027 through 2029.
Mar 24, 2026 · Passed 109–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Expands veteran's preference in government hiring to certain National Guard and reserve members and eligible spouses, creates a Capitol kiosk listing Kansas military members killed in service, creates a Kansas Military Affairs Commission, and limits fees for help with veterans benefits claims.
As introduced, bars the Kansas National Guard from being sent out of state into active duty combat unless Congress has declared war or formally called forth the Guard to execute federal laws, repel invasion or suppress insurrection. The governor may still consent to Title 32 civil-support deployments.
Mar 17, 2026 · Failed 36–86 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Creates a Kansas income tax subtraction, starting in tax year 2027, for active-duty armed forces compensation up to the pay of a senior enlisted member as set by the Defense Department.
Mar 18, 2026 · Passed 113–11 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Creates a digital right-to-repair law requiring manufacturers to give independent repair providers and owners the parts, tools and documentation they offer authorized repairers, for digital electronic equipment with a wholesale price of at least $50.
Mar 26, 2026 · Passed 123–2 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Establishes a Statewide Conduit System for fiber optic broadband run by the Department of Transportation, a Kansas Broadband Revolving Fund, and a fee schedule for entities installing or using the system, with annual reports to the Governor and legislative committees.
Mar 24, 2026 · Passed 120–1 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets the state's executive branch chief information technology officer set IT strategy and standards and contract with local governments and certain hospitals to provide IT and cybersecurity services, with fees going to the state treasury. Lets the state cybersecurity office receive IT audit reports.
Mar 18, 2026 · Passed 123–1 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 4 of 92 party-divided votes on file.
Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees by the Kansas department of health and environment.
A yes vote adopted the conference committee report on HB 2042, which authorizes the Kansas health and environment department to adopt hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fee rules (KAR 28-31-10 and 28-31-10b). (AI-written)
What it does: Authorizes the state health department to adopt proposed permanent rules KAR 28-31-10 and 28-31-10b, covering hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 34–0, Republicans 35–52
Senate Substitute for HB 2745 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years.
A yes vote agreed to the Senate's changes to HB 2745, which creates a protest petition process for local budgets whose property tax funding exceeds inflation-adjusted limits (maximum 3 percent) and moves the school budget deadline to October 1. (AI-written)
What it does: Lets voters petition against local budgets whose property tax revenue exceeds last year's plus inflation (capped at 3 percent). If 10 percent of registered voters sign, the budget is disapproved and limited to prior-y…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–35, Republicans 63–24
Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.
A yes vote would have adopted the conference committee report on HB 2527, which bars certain registered sex offenders from school property and activities, with limits on who is covered and an exception for enrolled students. (AI-written)
What it does: Makes it a felony for registered sex offenders whose offense was committed at age 18 or older against a victim under 16 to enter school property or attend school activities. Also bars work release for certain registra…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–33, Republicans 45–42
Providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony.
What it does: Requires app stores to verify the age category of Kansas account holders and get parental consent before minors download or buy apps, and requires developers to check that data. The Attorney General enforces; most dut…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 36–0, Republicans 33–55
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
HB 2763 · KS HOUSE
Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.
YesVOTED
Motion: Conference Committee Report was adopted
A yes vote adopted the conference committee report on HB 2763, the elementary school recess bill, accepting the compromise text negotiated between the House and Senate. (AI-written)
Requires public school districts to give elementary students 30 minutes of organized recess daily from 2027-28, bars withholding recess as discipline unless a student is an immediate threat, and requires an annual state physical fitness test for grades 1 through 12.
Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes property based on the fair market value or average fair market value of the residential portion and providing the legislature the authority to establish valuation limits for any classes or subclasses of property.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to concur with amendments failed
A yes vote agreed to the Senate's amendments to HCR 5008, the constitutional amendment on valuing residential, commercial and industrial property. (AI-written)
Proposes a constitutional amendment, from tax year 2028, taxing residential, commercial, industrial and farm-building property at the lesser of fair market value or average fair market value, and letting the Legislature set valuation limits for property classes.
Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to not adopt Conference Committee Report passed; (Bill is killed)
As rewritten by the conference report voted on, lets Butler, Labette and Leavenworth counties ask voters to approve extra countywide sales taxes for property tax relief, fire departments and emergency management, and keeps the current city-county sales tax sharing formula through 2027.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 88(k), 88(m) overridden
A yes vote overrode the governor's line-item veto of two provisions in the state budget bill (HB 2513) creating a school-district penalty process for student walkouts and setting education program spending. (AI-written)
Sets state agency spending for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including about $27.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $26.8 billion in fiscal year 2027 from all funds, and funds a new Office of Early Childhood.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 26(a), 53(b), 54(w) overridden
A yes vote overrode the governor's line-item vetoes in the budget bill (HB 2513), including a provision letting state employees and legislators park in ungated state lots from 5 to 11 p.m. (AI-written)
Sets state agency spending for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including about $27.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $26.8 billion in fiscal year 2027 from all funds, and funds a new Office of Early Childhood.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
NoVOTED
Motion: Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto 37(e) sustained
A yes vote overrode the governor's line-item veto of the budget bill's aviation loan program, which authorizes loans to airport authorities and aircraft maintenance firms funded by up to $50 million. (AI-written)
Sets state agency spending for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including about $27.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $26.8 billion in fiscal year 2027 from all funds, and funds a new Office of Early Childhood.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 54(u), 54(y) overridden
A yes vote overrode the governor's line-item vetoes of two budget provisions: performance-metric requirements for state-funded program applicants, and unlimited access to state accounting systems for legislative fiscal auditors. (AI-written)
Sets state agency spending for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including about $27.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $26.8 billion in fiscal year 2027 from all funds, and funds a new Office of Early Childhood.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 15(b), 15(c) overridden
A yes vote overrode the governor's line-item vetoes in the budget bill (HB 2513) of the Board of Nursing's nurse fair treatment and recovery fund and a $500,000 transfer into it. (AI-written)
Sets state agency spending for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including about $27.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $26.8 billion in fiscal year 2027 from all funds, and funds a new Office of Early Childhood.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 37(a) overridden
A yes vote overrode the governor's line-item veto of the State Treasurer's $3 million pregnancy compassion awareness program (formerly the alternatives to abortion program) in the budget bill. (AI-written)
Sets state agency spending for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including about $27.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $26.8 billion in fiscal year 2027 from all funds, and funds a new Office of Early Childhood.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
YesVOTED
Motion: Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 72(l), 74(p) overridden
A yes vote overrode the governor's line-item vetoes of two budget provisions requiring spending to implement the CDC immunization schedules in effect July 1, 2026, including Medicaid coverage. (AI-written)
Sets state agency spending for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including about $27.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $26.8 billion in fiscal year 2027 from all funds, and funds a new Office of Early Childhood.
