R Kansas House · District 85

Rep. Patrick Penn

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Total votes

870

all sessions

Attendance

99%

5 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

95%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

About Rep. Patrick Penn

Rep. serving Kansas District 85. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 4 years · 6 months.

Sworn in

Jan 11, 2021

4 years · 6 months

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HB 2029Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. signed

5 months ago

HB 2104Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts. died

5 months ago

HCR 5006Proposing 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. died

5 months ago

HR 6019Recognizing April 15, 2025, as Jackie Robinson Day. passed

1 year ago

Voted Yea

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

Voted Yea

SB 15Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and further defining qualifying vendors and employees eligible for the credit, establishing a grant program to facilitate transitions by employers to minimum wage employment for persons with disabilities and creating the Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund.

2 years ago

Voted Yea

HB 2284Providing an income tax rate of 5.25% for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the standard deduction by a cost-of-living adjustment, increasing the Kansas personal exemption, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients on April 1, 2024, and increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.

2 years ago

Voted Yea

HR 6030Condemning the October 7 attacks on the State of Israel.

2 years ago

Voted Yea

SB 113House Substitute for SB 113 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Making appropriations for the department of education for FY 23, FY 24 and FY 25; establishing the mental health intervention team program; authorizing certain students to participate in activities regulated by the Kansas state high school activities association; requiring school districts to post certain enrollment and academic information on school district websites; revising school district open-enrollment procedures; authorizing local school board members to receive compensation from their school district; authorizing current-year student enrollment for determinations of state foundation aid; continuing the 20 mill statewide tax levy for schools; amending the school districts that qualify for and the amount that school districts are able to levy pursuant to the cost-of-living weighting.

3 years ago