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Representative Dennis "Boog" Highberger

District 46 - Democrat

District: Map - Profile        Voting Record: 2023

Committees

Committee Leadership
Vice-chair Rules and Journal - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room: On Call
Ranking minority member Judiciary - Day: Daily - Time: 3:30 pm - Room: 582-N
Committees
J. Russell (Russ) Jennings Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room: On Call
Judiciary - Day: Daily - Time: 3:30 pm - Room: 582-N
Federal and State Affairs - Day: Daily - Time: 9:00 am - Room: 346-S
Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Day: Daily - Time: 1:30 pm - Room: 546-S
2023 Special Committee on Foreign Adversary Investments and Land Purchases - Day: - Time: - Room:
2022 Special Committee on Medical Marijuana - Day: - Time: - Room:

Bills and Resolutions

Sponsored Bills
HB2010 - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime.
HB2065 - Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding.
HB2091 - Requiring the secretary of agriculture to establish a division of sustainable agriculture that shall apply for federal grant funds under the greenhouse gas reduction fund to assist farmers in converting to renewable energy and sustainable agriculture practices.
HB2162 - Providing for sales tax exemption for hygiene products.
HB2244 - Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.
HB2245 - Creating the gun violence restraining order act to authorize the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals.
HB2341 - Declaring Juneteenth National Independence Day to be a legal public holiday and closing state offices for certain legal public holidays.
HB2348 - Restoring local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.
HB2349 - Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
HB2363 - Releasing any person convicted of a drug offense involving marijuana from such person's sentence and providing for the expungement of any associated records.
HB2364 - Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property to $65,000 of such property's appraised valuation.
HB2365 - Terminating the KPERS 3 cash balance plan and transferring the members of such plan to the KPERS 2 plan.
HB2366 - Providing for transfers to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund.
HB2374 - Changing the legal public holiday of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day.
HB2496 - Enacting the interstate compact on the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.
HB2508 - Authorizing a transfer of state general fund moneys to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund in fiscal year 2025 and all fiscal years thereafter, requiring political subdivisions to credit all such moneys to residential property taxpayers in the form of a rebate and providing a formula for such rebate amount.
HB2520 - Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property to $100,000 of such property's appraised valuation.
HB2622 - Amending the Kansas indoor clean air act to prohibit smoking on the gaming floor of a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility.
HB2718 - Eliminating school district open enrollment requirements and authorizing school districts to determine nonresident student enrollment.
Sponsored Resolutions
HCR5009 - Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas to decrease the assessed value for real property used for residential purposes to 9%.
HCR5021 - Proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Kansas to decrease by 1/2% a year for five years from 111/2% to 9% the assessed value for real property used for residential purposes.
HR6006 - Congratulating and commending the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.
HR6031 - Supporting the strengthening of Kansas' trade partnership with Ireland.
HR6032 - Affirming the Kansas house of representatives' unwavering support for the free press in the state of Kansas.
HR6042 - Celebrating the historic and immense contributions of the Hispanic and Latino communities to the Kansas economy.
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