Melissa Oropeza

KS House District 37

Democratic Kansas since Jan 9, 2023

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Issue areas

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Economy & Taxes 12 Social Services & Welfare 7 Education 6 Healthcare 5 Labor & Employment 5 Civil Rights & Liberties 4 Criminal Justice & Policing 3 Housing 3 Government Operations & Budget 2 Immigration 2 Agriculture 1 Elections & Voting 1 Technology & Privacy 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1 Veterans Affairs 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
KS House District 37 current Kansas	Democratic	Jan 9, 2023	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (748 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SB 229 — House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 197 — House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Setting visitor origin requirements…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 84 — Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for allowing an adult to receive decision-making…	Yea	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2745 — Senate Substitute for HB 2745 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2731 — Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2653 — Requiring the secretary of corrections to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment-related documentation prior to…	Yea	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 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…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2635 — Enacting the pregnancy center autonomy and rights of expression act to protect the ability of private pregnancy centers to provide…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2626 — Expanding veterans preference in government employment to include current members of the national guard and such members' eligible spouses.	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2613 — Providing for the crime victims compensation board to establish fees chargeable for conducting examinations of persons who may be victims…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2601 — Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families, providing for registration…	Yea	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2587 — Authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies.	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2560 — Concerning postsecondary education; authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey certain real property in the city of…	Yea	Mar 27, 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	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2521 — Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families.	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2518 — Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act.	Yea	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2509 — Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2485 — Authorizing the chief executive officer of the board of regents to negotiate and settle repayment obligations arising under financial aid…	Yea	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2479 — Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a…	Yea	Mar 27, 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…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2462 — Requiring the secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations that allow for the direct and indirect potable reuse of…	Yea	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2413 — Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of…	Yea	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2402 — Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2372 — Senate Substitute for HB 2372 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of unlawful approach of a first responder and…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2365 — Adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to…	Nay	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (748 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (32 as lead sponsor)