Kansas House · District 33

Carolyn Caiharr's Kansas House voting record

Republican

Carolyn Caiharr was appointed on September 5, 2025 to the seat Michael Thompson left.

Carolyn Caiharr (Republican) is a member of the Kansas House for District 33. This page covers the 397 floor roll calls held while Carolyn Caiharr was in office, from Jan. 15, 2026 to April 11, 2026. Votes with the Speaker on 91% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 98% of party-line votes. 100th percentile in the Kansas House from liberal to conservative. Didn't vote on 3% of roll calls. Carolyn Caiharr sponsored 1 statewide bills this term; 1 passed. Below are the contested votes where Carolyn Caiharr split from the Speaker or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Carolyn Caiharr sponsored and contact details.

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Caiharr
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Carolyn Caiharr's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

Kansas House100th percentile
More conservative than 100% of the Kansas House.
Most liberalMost conservative
Most conservative of 125

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Kansas House District 33.

Also on the ballot: Emily Blanks (Democratic)

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Votes with the Speaker
91%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Carolyn Caiharr.

On 196 contested votes where both voted94% on all 386 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
98%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Carolyn Caiharr.

On 163 party-line votesPartisan rank: 23 of 125 in the House (tied with 11 others)22 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Carolyn Caiharr sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Carolyn Caiharr
Bills
Sponsored1
Passed both chambers1
Became law1
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 61 of 125 in the House (tied with 46 others) · 60 of 88 Republicans (tied with 25 others)

A bill counts for each member its record names as an original sponsor. Most Kansas bills are introduced by a committee and count for no one.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Carolyn Caiharr
BillResultFinal action
HB 2444 (2026 Session)
Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is…
Became law April 9, 2026

Budget projects

Kansas's appropriation bills don't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Kansas legislators.

Contested votes where they split

18 against the Speaker; 14 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Carolyn Caiharr
DateBill and motion Their voteSpeakerMost of their party
April 11, 2026 HB 2535: 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…
Rejection of the Conference Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 10, 2026 SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax…
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 9, 2026 HB 2164: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof
Conference Committee Report
Yea Yea Nay (split)
March 27, 2026 HB 2466: Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds…
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 27, 2026 HB 2042: Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees by the Kansas department of health…
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 26, 2026 HB 2346: Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and…
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 26, 2026 HB 2527: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work…
Conference Committee Report
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 26, 2026 SB 356: Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 26, 2026 HB 2481: During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring…
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 26, 2026 HB 2464: Extending the number of years that tax credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs…
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 26, 2026 HB 2497: Prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home loan made primarily…
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 17, 2026 HB 2793: Enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports…
Emergency Final Action
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 26, 2026 SB 197: Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects…
Emergency Final Action
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 26, 2026 HB 2434: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies…
Final Action
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 19, 2026 HB 2535: 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…
Emergency Final Action
Yea Nay (split) Yea
Feb. 19, 2026 HB 2736: Requiring hospitals to screen all patients for eligibility for such hospital's financial assistance program or charity care policy
Final Action
Nay Yea (split) Nay
Feb. 19, 2026 HB 2676: Permitting a pharmacist to initiate therapy for certain conditions consistent with the pharmacist's education, training and experience, adding pharmacists who…
Final Action
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 19, 2026 HB 2553: Providing for the Kansas PBS distinctive license plate and discontinuing the issuance of certain distinctive and educational institution license plates
Final Action
Nay Yea (split) —
Feb. 4, 2026 HB 2464: Extending the number of years that tax credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs…
Final Action
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)

Recent key votes

Carolyn Caiharr's most recent key votes: contested or party-line votes that gave the chamber's last word on a whole bill (passage, budgets included, the other chamber's changes or a conference report) or overrode a veto, with what each bill does where a checked explanation exists. The full record is below.

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  1. April 11, 2026
    House
    HCR 5008: 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…
    Voted yea Concurrence · Yeas 59, nays 62

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  2. April 11, 2026
    House
    HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary…
    Voted yea Conference Committee Report · Yeas 74, nays 47

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  3. April 10, 2026
    House
    SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax…
    Voted nayAgainst most of their partyAgainst the Speaker Conference Committee Report · Yeas 76, nays 45

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  4. April 10, 2026
    House
    HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for…
    Voted yea Conference Committee Report · Yeas 87, nays 35

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  5. April 10, 2026
    House
    SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code
    Voted yea Conference Committee Report · Yeas 78, nays 44

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

Every roll call

How Carolyn Caiharr voted on each of the 397 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Carolyn Caiharr
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySpeakerYeas–nays
April 11, 2026HCR 5008: 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…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea59–62
April 11, 2026HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea74–47
April 10, 2026SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax…
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea76–45
April 10, 2026HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea87–35
April 10, 2026SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea78–44
April 10, 2026HB 2111: Exempting certain registered agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement
Conference Committee Report
Not votingYeaYea71–49
April 10, 2026HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie
Conference Committee Report
Not votingYeaYea76–44
April 10, 2026SB 391: Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea85–38
April 10, 2026HB 2731: Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea84–39
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea88–35
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea84–39
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea88–35
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea88–35
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea88–35
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea84–39
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea88–35
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea84–39
April 10, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 9, 2026SB 462: Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, providing…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea86–37
April 9, 2026SB 361: Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea85–38
April 9, 2026SB 375: Enacting the proxy advisor transparency act, requiring proxy advisors to make certain disclosures when recommending an action against company management…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 9, 2026SB 30: Providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations and requiring that adoption of…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea88–35
April 9, 2026HB 2593: Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea85–38
April 9, 2026HB 2521: Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 9, 2026HB 2437: Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing restrictions on websites that…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea84–39
April 9, 2026HB 2372: Creating the crime of unlawful approach of a first responder and providing penalties therefore, requiring traffic laws that apply to local and state law…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea85–38
April 9, 2026HB 2333: Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act and authorizing students…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea85–38
April 9, 2026HB 2004: Requiring the secretary for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea85–38
April 9, 2026HB 2626: Expanding veterans preference in government employment to include current members of the national guard and such members' eligible spouses
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea81–42
April 9, 2026HB 2329: Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria for such centers, prohibiting…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea89–34
April 9, 2026HB 2729: Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to provide forms and notices to physicians pursuant to the woman's-right-to know act
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 9, 2026HB 2727: Providing for the plaintiff to elect to limit recovery in claims brought for violations of the woman's-right-to-know act and making the laws providing for…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–36
April 9, 2026HB 2719: Providing an exception to the rules and regulations filing act for technical amendments, creating a process for certain rules and regulations to receive…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea89–34
April 9, 2026HB 2603: Prohibiting regulation of battery-charged security fences by municipalities
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea85–38
April 9, 2026HB 2412: Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea80–43
April 9, 2026HB 2164: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof
Conference Committee Report
YeaNayYea40–83
March 28, 2026HB 2587: Authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea77–42
March 28, 2026HB 2651: Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea72–48
March 28, 2026HB 2521: Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea83–38
March 27, 2026SCR 1603: Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real property, commercial and industrial real…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea59–63
March 27, 2026HB 2745: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea63–59
March 27, 2026HB 2402: Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea91–33
March 27, 2026HB 2333: Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act and authorizing students…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea85–39
March 27, 2026HB 2626: Expanding veterans preference in government employment to include current members of the national guard and such members' eligible spouses
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea85–38
March 27, 2026HB 2466: Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds…
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea78–44
March 27, 2026SB 229: Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea88–34
March 27, 2026HB 2635: Enacting the pregnancy center autonomy and rights of expression act to protect the ability of private pregnancy centers to provide life-affirming care
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–35
March 27, 2026SB 462: Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, providing…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea86–37
March 27, 2026HB 2731: Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea80–43
March 27, 2026HB 2613: Providing for the crime victims compensation board to establish fees chargeable for conducting examinations of persons who may be victims of sexual assault…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea96–27
March 27, 2026SB 197: Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea75–48
March 27, 2026SB 361: Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea87–37
March 27, 2026HB 2372: Creating the crime of unlawful approach of a first responder and providing penalties therefore, requiring traffic laws that apply to local and state law…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea85–39
March 27, 2026SB 368: Enacting the health care sharing ministries tax deduction act to provide a subtraction modification for qualified health care sharing expenses paid by a…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–37
March 27, 2026HB 2509: Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea92–33
March 27, 2026HB 2365: Adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to the criminal code…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea76–49
March 27, 2026HB 2042: Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees by the Kansas department of health…
Conference Committee Report
NayNayYea69–52
March 27, 2026HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea67–53
March 26, 2026HB 2018: Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea106–14
March 26, 2026HB 2593: Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea79–40
March 26, 2026HB 2652: Requiring the clerk of the appellate courts to publish monthly a list of cases of the supreme court and court of appeals in which a decision has not been…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea83–36
March 26, 2026HB 2004: Requiring the secretary for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea84–37
March 26, 2026HB 2501: Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea99–22
March 26, 2026HB 2346: Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and…
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea105–16
March 26, 2026HB 2739: Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea97–24
March 26, 2026HB 2329: Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria for such centers, prohibiting…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea89–32
March 26, 2026HB 2527: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaNay46–75
March 26, 2026SB 382: Providing for the administration of statewide assessments to virtual school students by such students' virtual schools, adding third parties who contract with…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea83–40
March 26, 2026HB 2437: Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing restrictions on websites that…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea80–43
March 26, 2026HB 2569: Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county and providing a conditional…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea78–45
March 26, 2026SB 356: Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea99–25
March 26, 2026HB 2528: Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to certain nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea87–38
March 26, 2026HB 2481: During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring…
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea86–39
March 26, 2026HB 2464: Extending the number of years that tax credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs…
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea98–26
March 26, 2026HB 2497: Prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home loan made primarily…
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea74–51
March 26, 2026HB 2068: Establishing the remote practice of pharmacy, requiring certain conditions for such practice and limiting activities performed under such practice, permitting…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea107–18
March 25, 2026HB 2124: Providing cities the authority to allow the driving of golf carts upon sidewalks and permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over city residence…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea89–35
March 25, 2026SB 391: Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea76–48
March 25, 2026SB 260: Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea98–27
March 25, 2026SB 232: Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for distribution of…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea108–17
March 24, 2026HB 2539: Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea89–34
March 24, 2026SB 403: Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates, restricting the use of material or objects covering a…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea102–20
March 23, 2026SB 20: Enacting the Kansas consumer prescription protection and accountability act and providing for regulation and registration of pharmacy benefits managers
Conference Committee Report
Not votingYeaNay104–17
March 23, 2026HB 2444: Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is…
Concurrence
Not votingYeaYea85–37
March 23, 2026HB 2602: Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a…
Concurrence
Not votingYeaYea101–21
March 19, 2026SCR 1603: Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real property, commercial and industrial real…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea84–40
March 19, 2026SB 254: Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea78–46
March 18, 2026SB 462: Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, providing…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea84–40
March 18, 2026SB 391: Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea75–49
March 18, 2026SB 364: Requiring the department of wildlife and parks to offer a discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing license to residents of Kansas who are 65…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea101–23
March 18, 2026SB 260: Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea110–14
March 18, 2026SB 418: Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea97–27
March 18, 2026SB 334: Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea81–43
March 18, 2026SB 375: Enacting the proxy advisor transparency act, requiring proxy advisors to make certain disclosures when recommending an action against company management…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea84–40
March 17, 2026HB 2793: Enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports…
Emergency Final Action
NayYeaYea79–41
March 17, 2026HB 2468: Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea76–44
March 17, 2026SB 358: Requiring individuals convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing
Final Action
YeaYeaYea109–14
March 12, 2026SB 403: Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates, restricting the use of material or objects covering a…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea105–13
March 12, 2026SB 325: Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea105–13
March 12, 2026SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code
Final Action
YeaYeaYea101–18
March 12, 2026SB 229: Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea83–36
March 12, 2026HB 2769: Requiring members of governing bodies of subordinate service taxing areas to be residents of such taxing areas
Final Action
YeaYeaYea94–25
March 10, 2026HB 2299: Providing that certain statutory references to accredited nonpublic schools mean nonpublic schools accredited by the state board of education, requiring that…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea84–39
March 10, 2026SB 368: Enacting the health care sharing ministries tax deduction act to provide a subtraction modification for qualified health care sharing expenses paid by a…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–36
March 10, 2026SB 146: Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services and the city of Osawatomie to execute and record an amendment to the original deed for conveyance of…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea110–13
March 5, 2026SB 335: Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea84–34
March 5, 2026SB 299: Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–32
March 5, 2026HR 6033: Approving the gaming compact with the Wyandotte Nation
Final Action
YeaYeaYea99–20
March 4, 2026HB 2427: Establishing the positions of the senate fiscal integrity auditor appointed by the president of the senate and the house of representatives fiscal integrity…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea85–34
Feb. 26, 2026SB 197: Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects…
Emergency Final Action
NayYeaYea82–38
Feb. 26, 2026HB 2223: Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea98–23
Feb. 26, 2026HB 2745: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea76–45
Feb. 26, 2026HB 2434: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies…
Final Action
NayYeaYea68–53
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2652: Requiring the clerk of the appellate courts to publish monthly a list of cases of the supreme court and court of appeals in which a decision has not been…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea80–36
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2535: 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…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaNay98–18
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2366: Expanding the scope of practice of naturopathic doctors, specifying continuing education requirements, increasing the required amount of professional…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea58–58
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2739: Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea97–19
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2346: Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea95–21
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2114: Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea103–13
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2738: Directing the secretary for children and families to request or update a pending waiver application from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea72–50
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2736: Requiring hospitals to screen all patients for eligibility for such hospital's financial assistance program or charity care policy
Final Action
NayNayYea20–102
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2731: Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea85–37
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2703: Enacting the Kansas health insurance affordability transparency act to require a report specifying the financial impact to covered individuals resulting from…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–35
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2676: Permitting a pharmacist to initiate therapy for certain conditions consistent with the pharmacist's education, training and experience, adding pharmacists who…
Final Action
NayYeaYea95–27
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2618: Requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on federal moneys received by the state, ending certain educational reporting requirements…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea102–20
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2596: Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot program at the…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea96–26
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2593: Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea77–45
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2569: Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county and providing a conditional…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea74–48
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2553: Providing for the Kansas PBS distinctive license plate and discontinuing the issuance of certain distinctive and educational institution license plates
Final Action
Nay—Yea67–55
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2539: Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea96–26
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2528: Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to certain nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea88–34
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2527: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea109–13
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2521: Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families
Final Action
YeaYeaYea84–38
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2520: Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16
Final Action
YeaYeaYea90–32
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2509: Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea89–33
Feb. 19, 2026HB 2503: Repealing the mail ballot election act
Final Action
YeaYeaYea72–50
Feb. 18, 2026SB 244: Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea87–37
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2737: Enacting the taxpayer agreement act to provide for an alternative method of tax increment financing of municipal economic development projects through…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea110–14
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2729: Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to provide forms and notices to physicians pursuant to the woman's-right-to know act
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–37
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2727: Providing for the plaintiff to elect to limit recovery in claims brought for violations of the woman's-right-to-know act and making the laws providing for…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–37
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2635: Enacting the pregnancy center autonomy and rights of expression act to protect the ability of private pregnancy centers to provide life-affirming care
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–37
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2610: Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea88–36
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2603: Prohibiting regulation of battery-charged security fences by municipalities
Final Action
YeaYeaYea86–38
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2602: Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea103–21
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2504: Prohibiting cities and counties from restricting the discretion of landlords not to rent residential or commercial property on grounds including prospective…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea84–40
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2497: Prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home loan made primarily…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–37
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2491: Requiring state agencies to make quarterly reports to the secretary of state with the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public benefits
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–37
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2481: During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea110–14
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2460: Modifying an exception to the Kansas open records act that authorizes certain individuals to have identifying information restricted from public access on…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea97–27
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2453: Requiring applications for advance voting ballots be filed by the 14th day prior to election day, that advance voting in person be completed by 12:00 p.m. on…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea86–38
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2451: Prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for or against proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea88–36
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2444: Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea88–36
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2437: Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing restrictions on websites that…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea85–39
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2220: Permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over city residence districts to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea111–13
Feb. 18, 2026HB 2214: Enacting the safeguarding American veteran empowerment (SAVE) act to limit compensation for assisting in veterans benefits matters
Final Action
YeaYeaYea81–43
Feb. 17, 2026SB 281: Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea75–48
Feb. 16, 2026SB 30: Providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations and requiring that adoption of…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea89–35
Feb. 12, 2026HB 2448: Requiring citizenship status be listed on driver's licenses
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea77–41
Feb. 12, 2026HB 2468: Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea70–49
Feb. 11, 2026HB 2466: Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea93–28
Feb. 10, 2026SCR 1615: Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day
Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–35
Feb. 10, 2026HB 2438: Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications
Final Action
YeaYeaYea86–36
Feb. 5, 2026SB 254: Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea86–36
Feb. 4, 2026HCR 5022: Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress
Final Action
YeaYeaYea78–42
Feb. 4, 2026HB 2464: Extending the number of years that tax credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs…
Final Action
NayYeaYea81–39
Jan. 29, 2026HB 2476: Permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea81–36
Jan. 28, 2026SB 244: Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea87–36
Jan. 22, 2026HB 2183: Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea83–39
Jan. 22, 2026SCR 1604: Making application to the United States congress to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to limit the federal government
Final Action
YeaYeaYea80–42
Jan. 22, 2026HB 2065: Providing for the appointment of delegates to a convention under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea79–43
Jan. 15, 2026HB 2204: Declaring that the world health organization, the united nations and the world economic forum have no power within the state of Kansas or any political…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea85–35

Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
www.kslegislature.gov
Email
carolyn.caiharr@house.ks.gov
Capitol office
State Capitol Room 168-W, Kansas Building 300 SW 10th St., Topeka, KS 66612
785-296-8153

Committees

  • Financial Institutions and Pensions
  • Higher Education Budget
  • Taxation
  • Veterans and Military

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Kansas Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 21, 2026.

Source: the Kansas Legislature's roll-call records and bill histories, Jan. 22, 2025 to April 11, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections