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April 26, 2024
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House Status: Recessed until 10:40 a.m.
Senate Status: Now in Session

Senator Mark Steffen

District 34 - Republican

District: Map - Profile        Voting Record: 2023

Committees

Committees
Public Health and Welfare - Day: Daily - Time: 8:30 am - Room: 142-S
Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room:
Judiciary - Day: Daily - Time: 10:30 am - Room: 346-S
Local Government - Day: Tue/Thu - Time: 9:30 am - Room: 142-S
Transparency and Ethics - Day: Mon/Wed/Fri - Time: 9:30 am - Room: 142-S
2023 Special Committee on Mental Health - Day: - Time: - Room:
2021 Special Committee on Taxation - Day: - Time: - Room:

Bills and Resolutions

Sponsored Bills
SB1 - Prohibiting internet social media terms of service that permit censorship of speech and making violations subject to civil fines under the Kansas consumer protection act.
SB5 - Prohibiting the prescribing of drugs intended to cause an abortion using telemedicine and restricting the governor's power during a state of emergency to alter such prohibitions.
SB6 - Restricting the authority of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious or contagious diseases; repealing the authority of the secretary to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties.
SB7 - Reducing income tax rates for resident individuals domiciled in a rural equity decline county.
SB8 - Reducing penalties for the late filing of and the failure to file personal property renditions and the discovery of escaped personal property, requiring filing only an initial statement with county appraiser for personal property, decreasing the penalties for failing to timely remit withholding income taxes of employees by employers, extending reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs for county clerks for calendar year 2024, modifying and prescribing the contents of the revenue neutral rate public hearing notice, providing two prior years' values on the annual valuation notice, allowing for filing of an appraisal by a certified residential real property appraiser for appeal purposes, discontinuing the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal, accounting for adverse influences in the valuation of agricultural land, including properties used for registered agritourism activities as land devoted to agricultural use for purposes of classification, providing a property tax exemption for certain business property operated in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity, providing income tax subtraction modifications to permit the carryforward of certain net operating losses for individuals and for the federal work opportunity tax credit and the employee retention credit disallowances, increasing the tax credit amount for adoption expenses and making the credit refundable, increasing the amount of income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 and defining qualifying vendors and eligible employees, establishing a tax credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations operating pregnancy centers or residential maternity facilities, clarifying the determination of taxable income of an electing pass-through entity and providing for the passing through of tax credits to electing pass-through entity owners for purposes of the salt parity act, excluding social security payments from household income and expanding eligibility for seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead refund claims, providing a sales tax exemption for sales of property and services used in the provision of communications services and excluding manufacturers' coupons from the sales or selling price.
SB9 - Adding tianeptine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act.
SB12 - Enacting the Kansas child mutilation prevention act to criminalize performing gender reassignment surgery or prescription of hormone replacement therapy on certain persons and providing grounds for unprofessional conduct for healing arts licensees.
SB20 - Requiring child care facilities, elementary, secondary, postsecondary educational institutions and employers to grant exemptions from vaccine requirements without inquiring into the sincerity of the request and repealing the meningitis vaccine requirement to live in student housing.
SB50 - Prohibiting internet social media terms of service that permit censorship of speech.
SB128 - Establishing the ad astra opportunity tax credit to provide an income tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children not enrolled in public school.
Sponsored Resolutions
SCR1602 - Disapproving the designation of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species in Kansas by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
SCR1603 - Urging the President of the United States to restore energy independence in the United States.
SCR1605 - Proposing a constitutional amendment imposing term limits for state legislators.
SCR1609 - Making application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of Congress.
SCR1615 - A Concurrent Resolution rejecting the rates of compensation for members of the Legislature set by the Legislative Compensation Commission.
SCR1618 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
SR1712 - Recognizing the Kansas Small Business Development Center's 2023 Businesses of the Year.
SR1729 - Condemning the October 7 attacks on the State of Israel.
SR1737 - Affirming Texas Governor, Greg Abbott's right to defend the state of Texas from unrestrained illegal immigration.
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