My opponent has voted AGAINST meaningful property tax relief, public safety and consumer protection.
Updated: Sep 3
Read the record.
Tax bills
2026 SCR 1603 would establish a property tax taxable value cap
Voted No on floor amendment that would allow the legislature to provide by law for the freezing or limiting of property tax valuations for owner-occupied residential property of qualifying seniors, Thu, Mar 19, 2026;
Voted No on the rolling average cap as amended final action Thu, Mar 19, 2026.
Voted No on CCR 1603 Fri, Mar 27, 2026 – 9% or less property tax assessment cap.
Voted No on CCR 1603 Thu, Apr 9, 2026 - provide for valuation limits for any classes or subclasses of property defined by law. Died in House.
2026 SCR 1616 would establish a property tax assessment cap 3% or less
Voted No on CCR 1616 Fri, Apr 10, 2026 – emergency motion to bring above the line; Died in the House.
2025 HCR 5011 Property tax value cap that would be an average to be defined in statute.
Voted Yes, Fri, Mar 7, 2025 (version would have locked in high values – an average of large increases is a large value);
Voted No Thu, Mar 27, 2025 CCR HCR 5011 a 4% cap – died in the House;
2025 HCR 5008 would establish that the “legislature may provide for valuation limits for any classes or subclasses of property…”
Voted No Fri, Apr 10, 2026; Died in the House
2026 CCR HB 2745 would establish a revenue cap that could be exceeded by petition
Voted No Fri, Apr 10, 2026; vetoed and no attempt to override
2026 HB 2745 would establish a revenue cap that could be exceeded by petition
Absent Wed, Feb 25, 2026, when the bill was debated and vote to pass to final action;
Absent Thu, Feb 26, 2026, on final action vote.
Voted No Fri, Mar 27, 2026 – senate amended; passed Governor vetoed.
2025 HB 2083, as amended, would provide a property tax exemption to energy storage systems
Voted Yes Wed, Feb 19, 2025; The bill died in the Senate Tax Committee
2025 HB 2396, as amended, would establish a property tax revenue cap with a protest petition
Voted Yes Fri, Mar 7, 2025; Died on Senate General Orders (didn’t vote for other versions – it might be because this one used $60 million SGF to send money to county and city governments that stayed below the cap
2025 HB 2318, as amended, would provide for reduction in state income and privilege tax rates contingent upon growth in State General Fund (SGF) tax receipts in excess of the FY 2024 amount, adjusted for inflation.
Voted No Thu, Mar 20, 2025; Died in Senate; Contents were put in CCR SB 269.
Voted No Wed, Mar 26, 2025; and No on Veto override Wed, Mar 26, 2025; Override prevailed.
Public Safety
2026 HB 2444 signed into law by Governor Kelly on April 6, 2026, Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings.
Voted No Mon, Mar 23, 2026; Approved by Governor Mon, Apr 6.
Since becoming law July 1st, there have been 33 cases where the defendant is being held for trial, not released on a low/no bail and let back out on streets to terrorize communities.
Bills related to citizen/consumer protection
2025 Sub for SB 9, as amended, prohibits foreign principals from acquiring interests in real estate in proximity to military installations
Voted No Wed, Mar 26, 2025; and No on (House version) Fri, Mar 7, 2025; signed into law
2025 HB 2246, as amended, would create the Consumer Protection Related to Hospital Price Transparency Act (Act), which would establish requirements for hospitals to provide certain pricing related to the public
Voted No Thurs, Feb 20, 2025; The bill died in Senate Health Committee
2025 CCR SB 98 https://kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB98/
Providing sales tax exemption for data centers
Voted Yes Fri, Apr 11, 2025; Governor signed into law
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