D Kansas House · District 37 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Melissa Oropeza

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Total votes

318

all sessions

Attendance

100%

1 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

91%

of cast votes

Lower than 89% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 87% of chamber peers

About Rep. Melissa Oropeza

Rep. serving Kansas District 37. Member of the Democratic party. Has been in office 3 years · 8 months. Serves on Social Services Budget, Health and Human Services and Legislative Modernization.

Sworn in

Jan 9, 2023

3 years · 8 months

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Recent legislative activity

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HB 2123Increasing the minimum wage for employees that receive tips and gratuities. died

5 months ago

HB 2432Providing an excise tax on large employers for certain federal benefits paid to employees. died

5 months ago

HB 2629Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes. died

5 months ago

HB 2421Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes and requiring school districts to report on the amount of screen time that certain students experience during a typical school day. died

5 months ago

HB 2597Establishing a right to paid sick leave for Kansas employees and setting forth minimum requirements and rules for the provision of such sick leave. died

5 months ago

HB 2707Modifying the definition of abuse in the protection from abuse act to include certain acts or threats related to pets and specifying that courts may include orders relating to pets in protection from abuse act orders. died

5 months ago

HB 2278Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property. died

5 months ago

HB 2678Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. died

5 months ago

Voted Nay

HB 2545Providing for the sale of property not retrieved by an occupant after notice, allowing electronic signatures and delivery for rental agreements, defining property that has no commercial value, providing for the deemed effectiveness of rental agreements not signed or delivered by an owner or occupant and specifying custody of abandoned or towed property under the self-service storage act.

2 years ago

Voted Yea

HB 2103Substitute for HB 2103 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Eliminating the statutory 15% alternative investment limit for the KPERS fund and requiring the KPERS board to establish an alternative investment percentage limit.

2 years ago