Patrick Schmidt

KS Senate District 19

Democratic Kansas since Jan 13, 2025

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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

Labor & Employment 5 Economy & Taxes 4 Housing 3 Veterans Affairs 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Criminal Justice & Policing 2 Defense & Military 1 Elections & Voting 1 Government Operations & Budget 1 Healthcare 1 Immigration 1 Other 1 Social Services & Welfare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
KS Senate District 19 current Kansas	Democratic	Jan 13, 2025	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SB 363 — Requiring the department of health and environment (KDHE) to seek federal approval for continuous medicaid eligibility for certain…	Nay	Mar 5, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 361 — Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations.	Yea	Mar 5, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2332 — Establishing a seal for the house of representatives and a seal for the senate and providing for the custody and use of each.	Yea	Mar 5, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2299 — Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB2299 by Committee on Education - Providing that certain statutory references to accredited nonpublic…	Yea	Mar 5, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 497 — Adding kratom to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming amendments to the definition of fentanyl-related…	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 497 — Adding kratom to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming amendments to the definition of fentanyl-related…	Nay	Mar 4, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 315 — Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and…	Nay	Mar 4, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 315 — Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and…	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 315 — Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and…	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 315 — Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and…	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 315 — Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and…	Nay	Mar 3, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 315 — Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and…	Yea	Mar 3, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HCR 5033 — Ratifying and providing for the continuation of the state of disaster emergency declaration issued on February 24, 2026, for certain…	Yea	Mar 2, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SCR 1616 — Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax assessed value increases for…	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SCR 1616 — Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax assessed value increases for…	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	fail	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 402 — Modifying the definition of household income for the homestead property tax refund act, providing for one homestead property tax refund…	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 487 — Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders…	Yea	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 481 — Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence and setting forth relevant…	Yea	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 480 — Reviving repealed statutes related to estates of absentees and requiring nonresident fiduciaries to appoint an agent residing in this state.	Yea	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 463 — Prohibiting certain persons from recovering damages in certain civil actions and creating requirements for actions involving negligent…	Nay	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 462 — Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance…	Nay	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 459 — Removing the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections, changing the appointing authority and creating…	Yea	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 451 — House Substitute for SB451 by House Committee on Elections - Clarifying when contributions may be accepted for the primary and general…	Yea	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 450 — Authorizing the secretary of administration to grant a monetary award to a state employee who reports activity that constitutes fraud…	Yea	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 448 — Permitting the use of expedited partner therapy to treat a sexually transmitted disease.	Yea	Feb 18, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)