Kansas Senate · District 24

J.R. Claeys's Kansas Senate voting record

Republican Left office June 2, 2025

J.R. Claeys resigned from the Senate on June 2, 2025, for a post at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

J.R. Claeys (Republican) was a member of the Kansas Senate for District 24 until June 2, 2025. This page covers the 340 floor roll calls held while J.R. Claeys was in office, from Jan. 22, 2025 to April 11, 2025. Votes with the Senate President on 97% of contested votes. Votes with own party on 100% of party-line votes. Didn't vote on 3% of roll calls. J.R. Claeys sponsored 5 statewide bills this term; 0 passed. Below are the contested votes where J.R. Claeys split from the Senate President or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills J.R. Claeys sponsored and contact details.

Where they sit

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

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

J.R. Claeys has left office, so isn't on the chart of current members. 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

Votes with the Senate President
97%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current member, by party. J.R. Claeys has left office, so isn't marked.

On 117 contested votes where both voted99% on all 329 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
100%
Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each tick is a current member, by party. J.R. Claeys has left office, so isn't marked.

On 95 party-line votes

Bills

The bills J.R. Claeys sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: J.R. Claeys
Bills
Sponsored5
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Ranked among current members only.

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

None of the bills J.R. Claeys sponsored passed both chambers.

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

3 against the Senate President; 3 against most of their party.

Recent key votes

J.R. Claeys'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, 2025
    Senate
    SB 98: Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible…
    Not voting Conference Committee Report · Yeas 26, nays 8

    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, 2025
    Senate
    HB 2289: Limiting and discontinuing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit and expanding transferability of Kansas housing investor tax credits
    Voted yea Conference Committee Report · Yeas 33, nays 7

    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, 2025
    Senate
    HB 2045: Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver…
    Voted yea Conference Committee Report · Yeas 30, nays 10

    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, 2025
    Senate
    HB 2217: Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general…
    Voted yea Veto Override · Yeas 30, nays 10

    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, 2025
    Senate
    HB 2291: Creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general and establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend…
    Voted yea Veto Override · Yeas 30, nays 10

    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 J.R. Claeys voted on each of the 340 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: J.R. Claeys
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate PresidentYeas–nays
April 11, 2025SB 98: Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible…
Conference Committee Report
Not votingYeaYea26–8
April 11, 2025HB 2289: Limiting and discontinuing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit and expanding transferability of Kansas housing investor tax credits
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea33–7
April 10, 2025HB 2045: Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea30–10
April 10, 2025HB 2217: Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea30–10
April 10, 2025HB 2291: Creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general and establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea30–10
April 10, 2025HB 2284: Directing the department of administration to adopt written policies governing the negotiated procurement of managed care organizations to provide state…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea30–10
April 10, 2025HB 2033: Including programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations accredited by the international multisensory structured language education council as…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea32–8
April 10, 2025HB 2382: Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
April 10, 2025HB 2311: Prohibiting the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody and appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
April 10, 2025HB 2240: Requiring legislative approval prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
April 10, 2025HB 2062: Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
April 10, 2025SB 125: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies…
Line-Item Veto Override
YeaYeaYea30–10
April 10, 2025SB 79: Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea29–11
April 10, 2025SB 14: Providing for continuous state budgets until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature, temporary reallocations and establishing conditions and…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
April 10, 2025SB 269: Providing that future income tax and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding revenue estimates and retaining a certain amount in the budget…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea30–10
April 10, 2025SB 29: Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
April 10, 2025SB 5: Prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 27, 2025SB 269: Providing that future income tax and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding revenue estimates and retaining a certain amount in the budget…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 27, 2025SB 125: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea24–16
March 27, 2025HB 2169: Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 27, 2025HB 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
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 27, 2025HB 2054: Increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions under the campaign finance act
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea26–14
March 27, 2025HB 2164: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea36–4
March 27, 2025HCR 5011: Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea27–13
March 26, 2025HB 2382: Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 26, 2025SB 199: Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the…
Conference Committee Report
NayYeaYea28–12
March 26, 2025SB 114: Authorizing nonpublic and virtual school students to participate in ancillary public school activities and making it unlawful for the Kansas state high school…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea32–8
March 26, 2025HB 2056: Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea34–6
March 26, 2025HB 2240: Requiring legislative approval prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 26, 2025HB 2062: Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 26, 2025HCR 5011: Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea26–14
March 26, 2025HB 2228: Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea28–12
March 26, 2025HB 2022: Requiring special elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March or on the same day as a primary or general election
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea29–11
March 26, 2025SB 227: Providing for different credit percentages for the tax credit for expenditures for the restoration and preservation of historic structures based on city…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 25, 2025HB 2054: Increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions under the campaign finance act
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea21–17
March 25, 2025SB 18: Providing for the hunter nation distinctive license plate
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea28–10
March 25, 2025SB 4: Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 20, 2025HB 2060: Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for expenses incurred for travel and activities in attending conferences or events by certain specified…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea35–5
March 20, 2025SB 229: Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 20, 2025SB 211: Modifying member appointments to the wildlife and parks commission, authorizing the commission to direct the secretary to develop or report on rules and…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea17–23
March 20, 2025SB 181: Making and concerning appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees and…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8
March 20, 2025SB 39: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea28–12
March 20, 2025SB 1: Exempting the state of Kansas from daylight saving time but providing for moving to permanent daylight saving time upon an act of Congress requiring such move
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea33–7
March 20, 2025HB 2206: Renaming the Kansas governmental ethics commission to the Kansas public disclosure commission, defining terms in the campaign finance act, requiring the…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8
March 20, 2025HB 2109: Exempting public utilities from civil liability relating to the attachment, access, operation, maintenance or removal of law enforcement equipment on any…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea29–9
March 20, 2025SB 259: Providing that future personal and corporate income tax rate and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding tax receipt revenues
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 20, 2025HB 2382: Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea29–11
March 20, 2025HB 2311: Prohibiting the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody and appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 20, 2025HB 2304: Requiring local governments to report certain local economic development incentive program information to the secretary of commerce, defining such programs…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea28–12
March 20, 2025HB 2217: Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 20, 2025HB 2056: Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea34–6
March 20, 2025HB 2052: Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea34–6
March 20, 2025SB 284: Enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaNay34–6
March 20, 2025HCR 5011: Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 20, 2025SB 29: Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 19, 2025HB 2101: Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea29–11
March 19, 2025HB 2033: Including programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations accredited by the international multisensory structured language education council as…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 19, 2025HB 2022: Requiring special elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March or on the same day as a primary or general election
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea24–16
March 19, 2025HB 2020: Requiring a quarterly report from the director of the division of vehicles listing the names, addresses and alien registration numbers of certain noncitizens…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8
March 19, 2025HB 2291: Creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general and establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 19, 2025HB 2284: Directing the department of administration to adopt written policies governing the negotiated procurement of managed care organizations to provide state…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8
March 19, 2025HB 2088: Requiring local governments to meet specified deadlines for issuing building permits and requiring the department of health and environment to issue a…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 19, 2025HB 2240: Requiring legislative approval prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea29–11
March 19, 2025SB 69: Extending the time period for eligibility for the loan repayment program and the income tax credit for rural opportunity zones, adding down payment assistance…
Final Action
NayYeaNay23–17
March 19, 2025SB 14: Providing for continuous state budgets until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature, temporary reallocations and establishing conditions and…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 18, 2025HB 2007: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea27–13
March 17, 2025SB 105: Requiring the governor to appoint a person to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and commissioner of insurance from a…
Conference Committee Report
YeaYeaYea31–9
March 17, 2025SB 6: Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 17, 2025SB 5: Prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the…
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea32–8
March 12, 2025HB 2155: Specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails
Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–9
March 12, 2025HB 2062: Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–9
March 12, 2025HB 2027: Reorganizing subsections of the public assistance statute
Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–8
March 6, 2025SB 4: Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election
Concurrence
YeaYeaYea30–10
March 6, 2025SCR 1611: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission
Final Action
YeaYeaYea27–13
Feb. 27, 2025SCR 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
YeaYeaYea29–11
Feb. 19, 2025SB 227: Providing for different credit percentages for the tax credit for expenditures for the restoration and preservation of historic structures based on city…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
Feb. 19, 2025SB 197: Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8
Feb. 19, 2025SB 114: Authorizing nonpublic and virtual school students to participate in ancillary public school activities and making it unlawful for the Kansas state high school…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8
Feb. 19, 2025SB 105: Requiring the governor to appoint a person to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and commissioner of insurance from a…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
Feb. 19, 2025SB 76: Requiring employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student's biological sex and…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea26–14
Feb. 19, 2025SB 47: Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea21–19
Feb. 19, 2025SB 250: Enacting the right to try for individualized treatments act to permit a manufacturer to make an individualized investigative treatment available to a…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea36–4
Feb. 19, 2025SB 51: Authorizing the chief information security officer to receive audit reports, updating statutes related to services provided by the chief information…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea34–6
Feb. 19, 2025SB 157: Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer, warrants issued for…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
Feb. 19, 2025SB 260: Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea36–4
Feb. 19, 2025SB 222: Prohibiting deference to a state agency's interpretation of a statute, rule or regulation or document by a state court or an officer hearing an administrative…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
Feb. 19, 2025SB 199: Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the…
Final Action
NayYeaYea27–13
Feb. 19, 2025SB 161: Requiring legislative approval prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–10
Feb. 19, 2025SB 87: Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea24–16
Feb. 19, 2025SB 85: Directing the secretary for children and families to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility
Final Action
YeaYeaYea30–10
Feb. 19, 2025SB 79: Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea29–11
Feb. 19, 2025SB 70: Prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records under the open records act, exempting from disclosure formally closed investigations with no found…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea26–14
Feb. 19, 2025SB 67: Authorizing registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe, procure and administer drugs consistent with the registered nurse anesthetist's education and…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea36–4
Feb. 19, 2025SB 52: Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea33–7
Feb. 19, 2025SB 45: Requiring the state board of education to calculate graduation rates for all school districts for purposes of accreditation using an alternative calculation
Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8
Feb. 19, 2025SB 29: Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea28–12
Feb. 18, 2025SB 63: Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender…
Veto Override
YeaYeaYea31–9
Feb. 11, 2025SB 5: Prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea33–6
Feb. 6, 2025SCR 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…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea28–11
Feb. 6, 2025SB 14: Providing for continuous state budgets until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature, temporary reallocations and establishing conditions and…
Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–8
Feb. 5, 2025SB 6: Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections
Final Action
YeaYeaYea29–10
Feb. 5, 2025SB 4: Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election
Final Action
YeaYeaYea29–10
Jan. 29, 2025SCR 1602: Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea31–9
Jan. 29, 2025SB 63: Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender…
Emergency Final Action
YeaYeaYea32–8

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

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