Barbara Ballard

KS House District 44

Democratic Kansas since Jan 11, 1993

Office record: openstates/people CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Economy & Taxes 8 Criminal Justice & Policing 4 Social Services & Welfare 4 Education 3 Elections & Voting 3 Government Operations & Budget 3 Healthcare 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Gun Policy 2 Housing 2 Labor & Employment 2 Agriculture 1 Defense & Military 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1 Veterans Affairs 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
KS House District 44 current Kansas	Democratic	Jan 11, 1993	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (748 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HB 2479 — Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a…	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2470 — Providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area under the Kansas…	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2468 — Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the…	Nay	Feb 12, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2448 — Requiring citizenship status be listed on driver's licenses.	Nay	Feb 12, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2440 — Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions.	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2416 — Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or…	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2132 — Substitute for Substitute for HB 2132 by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Determining when a law enforcement officer may or…	Yea	Feb 12, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2534 — Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain a supply of naloxone in all schools, requiring the…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2533 — Enacting the occupational therapy licensure compact, respiratory care interstate compact, esthetics licensure compact and athletic trainer…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2487 — Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2478 — Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2468 — Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2468 — Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the…	Not voting	Feb 11, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2466 — Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2243 — Requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a…	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SCR 1615 — Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day.	Nay	Feb 10, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2542 — Designating a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway.	Yea	Feb 10, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2467 — Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being…	Yea	Feb 10, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2438 — Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications.	Nay	Feb 10, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2433 — Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief…	Yea	Feb 10, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SCR 1615 — Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day.	Yea	Feb 9, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SCR 1615 — Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day.	Yea	Feb 9, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 254 — Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with…	Nay	Feb 5, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 254 — Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with…	Nay	Feb 5, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2515 — Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.	Yea	Feb 5, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (748 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (28 as lead sponsor)