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Senator Dinah Sykes - Senate Minority Leader

District 21 - Democrat

District: Map - Profile        Voting Record: 2025

Committees

Committee Leadership
Vice-chair Confirmation Oversight - Day: - Time: On Call - Room: On Call
Ranking minority member Education - Day: Daily - Time: 1:30 pm - Room: 144-S
Committees
2025 Special Committee on the State Budget - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room:
Legislative Coordinating Council - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room: On Call

Bills and Resolutions

Sponsored Bills
SB118 - Imposing conditional term limits on members of the legislature and requiring nomination for office by petition after such term limits have run.
SB179 - Establishing a child income tax credit.
SB180 - Requiring previous convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.
SB189 - Providing injured employees the freedom of choice to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation.
SB195 - Establishing the property tax task force that shall study the property tax system in Kansas and develop recommendations and suggest improvements to law.
SB200 - Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof.
SB202 - Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.
SB212 - Enacting the prescription drug cost and affordability review act to establish the prescription drug pricing board and prescription drug affordability stakeholder council to review the cost of prescription medications and establish upper payment limits for certain prescription drugs.
SB215 - Excluding social security payments from household income and increasing the household income and appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead claims.
SB216 - Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act.
SB217 - Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.
SB218 - Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees.
SB219 - Imposing certain health insurance coverage requirements for screening and diagnostic examinations for breast cancer.
SB220 - Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws.
SB302 - Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.
SB369 - Requiring certain disclosures to be made to prospective tenants and providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.
SB370 - Modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement.
SB371 - Requiring landlords to offer to sell certain rental properties to the tenants of such properties before offering such properties for sale to the public.
SB423 - Requiring certain cost-sharing assistance be applied toward a covered individual's deductible or annual out-of-pocket limit under the individual's health benefit plan.
SB442 - Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy.
SB443 - Requiring cause for evictions from residential property, modifying the petition and notice requirements for eviction cases and removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant a continuance.
SB444 - Authorizing interior inspections of residential property without the consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or if there is probable cause of imminent danger related to health and safety and allowing cities to abate certain interior code violations or delegate such authority to the county.
SB474 - Enacting the Kansas short-term, limited duration insurance act; establishing definitions, disclosure, premiums, renewal and underwriting requirements relating thereto and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to adopt rules and regulations to implement and oversee the act.
Sponsored Resolutions
SCR1601 - Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications.
SCR1609 - Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations.
SCR1613 - Providing for the first adjournment of the senate and the house of representatives for a period of time during the 2025 regular session of the legislature.
SR1701 - Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2025 legislative session.
SR1702 - Providing for the assignments of seats in the Senate for the 2025 Legislative session.
SR1703 - Providing temporary rules for the Senate until permanent rules are adopted.
SR1704 - Adopting the permanent rules of the Senate for the 2025-2028 term.
SR1706 - Condemning the pardons and commutations of sentences for those individuals involved in the attack at the United States capitol building on January 6, 2021.
SR1708 - A resolution recognizing the need to invest in the future success of Kansas by supporting the wellbeing and education of our youngest residents.
SR1709 - Commending Senator Jerry Moran for his unwavering support of Kansas farmers.
SR1710 - Congratulating and commending the award-winning educators in Kansas.
SR1711 - Honoring Michael Young for his outstanding work and contribution to our state as a talented artist and proud Kansas native.
SR1712 - Congratulating and commending the 2025 Kansas Master Teachers.
SR1714 - Recognizing the members of the Kansas Task Force 1 for their outstanding efforts as responders during Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
SR1715 - Recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the capitol.
SR1717 - Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025.
SR1721 - Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2026 session of the Legislature.
SR1722 - Providing for the assignment of seats in the Senate for the 2026 legislative session.
SR1724 - Commemorating and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.
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