Patrick Schmidt

KS Senate District 19

Democratic Kansas since Jan 13, 2025

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Issue areas

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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
HB 2606 — Modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2603 — Prohibiting regulation of battery-charged security fences by municipalities.	Nay	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2602 — Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and…	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2596 — Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2595 — Substitute for HB 2595 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2594 — Modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2593 — Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such…	Nay	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2591 — Authorizing financial institutions to report suspected financial exploitation of an adult account holder to a designated agency, notify any…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2590 — Enacting the Kansas community property trust act to authorize the use of community property trusts during the marriage of settlor spouses…	Yea	Mar 19, 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.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2574 — Removing the expiration on certain cybersecurity requirements, modifying the duties of chief information security officers and…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2573 — Amending statutes concerning the Kansas board of accountancy; relating to licensure requirements for certified public accountants.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2571 — Senate Substitute for HB 2571 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Increasing the cost threshold for when a county…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2569 — Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county and…	Nay	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2564 — Providing for the election of alternative payment methods by a dental provider and allowing such payment method to remain in force for the…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2562 — Permitting the issuance of a special license plate or permanent or temporary placard for a person with a disability based on documentation…	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2553 — Providing for the Kansas PBS distinctive license plate and discontinuing the issuance of certain distinctive and educational institution…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2552 — Requiring criminal presentence investigation reports and journal entries to be completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2542 — Designating a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2539 — Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2537 — Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2536 — Requiring proposed guardians for certain adults who have a cognitive impairment or are diagnosed with a neurological condition to complete…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2535 — Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)