R Kansas House · District 96 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Tom Kessler

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Session

Total votes

870

all sessions

Attendance

90%

88 missed

Lower than 99% of chamber peers

With party

98%

of cast votes

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 91% of chamber peers

Sponsored

36

bills & resolutions

Lower than 79% of chamber peers

Committees

4

assignments

Biography

About Rep. Tom Kessler

Rep. serving Kansas District 96. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 5 years · 8 months. Serves on 4 committees, including Federal and State Affairs, State-Tribal Relations and Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

Sworn in

Jan 11, 2021

5 years · 8 months

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Recent legislative activity

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HCR 5010Supporting the authorization and funding of the public safety autonomous technologies research, testing, certification and commercialization program and the passage of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2025 . died

5 months ago

HB 2599Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal property sold each calendar year and from local taxes, licenses, permits and other local government permissions. died

5 months ago

HB 2029Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. signed

5 months 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

Voted Yea

HB 2010Senate Substitute for HB 2010 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime; increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; providing that the service of postrelease supervision period shall not toll except as otherwise provided by law; and allowing certain nondrug offenders to participate in a certified drug abuse treatment program.

3 years ago