Dinah Sykes

KS Senate District 21

Democratic Kansas since Dec 19, 2018

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Issue areas

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Government Operations & Budget 10 Healthcare 6 Housing 6 Labor & Employment 6 Civil Rights & Liberties 4 Criminal Justice & Policing 4 Economy & Taxes 4 Education 4 Social Services & Welfare 3 Veterans Affairs 2 Defense & Military 1 Elections & Voting 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1 Other 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
KS Senate District 21 current Kansas	Democratic	Dec 19, 2018	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HB 2304 — Requiring local governments to report certain local economic development incentive program information to the secretary of commerce…	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2255 — Amending definitions concerning weights and measurers increasing minimum invoice fees, requiring licenses and education for service company…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2222 — Requiring ignition interlock device manufacturers to pay fees to the state for the administration of the ignition interlock program.	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2221 — Abolishing the department of corrections alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund, creating the Kansas department for aging and disability…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2217 — Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the…	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2206 — Renaming the Kansas governmental ethics commission to the Kansas public disclosure commission, defining terms in the campaign finance act…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2195 — Establishing the Kansas technical college operating grant fund administered by the state board of regents.	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2192 — Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2172 — Senate Substitute for HB 2172 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing the water program task force to evaluate the…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2164 — Senate Substitute for HB 2164 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2160 — Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2158 — Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2152 — Substitute for HB 2152 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Mandating financial institutions to secure governmental unit…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2149 — Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2128 — Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2125 — Senate Substitute for HB 2125 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Modifying the deadline for mailing property tax statements to…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2109 — Exempting public utilities from civil liability relating to the attachment, access, operation, maintenance or removal of law enforcement…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2060 — Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Providing for the treatment of the…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2056 — Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official…	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2052 — Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a…	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2052 — Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2039 — Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2028 — Reviving a law providing for discounted hunting and fishing licenses for persons who are 65 years of age or older; changing the amount…	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 231 — House Substitute for SB231 by Committee on Elections - Changing the timing of city, school, community college and certain other…	Yea	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 78 — Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies…	Yea	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (45 as lead sponsor)