D Kansas Senate · District 21

Sen. Dinah Sykes

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Total votes

1,513

all sessions

Attendance

98%

17 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

96%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

About Sen. Dinah Sykes

Sen. serving Kansas District 21. Member of the Democratic party. Has been in office 7 years · 8 months. Serves on Confirmation Oversight, Education and Legislative Coordinating Council.

Sworn in

Dec 19, 2018

7 years · 8 months

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Recent legislative activity

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SB 217Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy. died

5 months ago

Voted other

SCR 1615A Concurrent Resolution rejecting the rates of compensation for members of the Legislature set by the Legislative Compensation Commission.

2 years ago

Voted Yea

SB 331Removing the definition of lead-free and an exception for leaded joints in the public water supply systems law and updating terminology relating to hazardous waste generated by certain persons.

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 Nay

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

2 years ago

Voted Nay

SR 1729Condemning the October 7 attacks on the State of Israel.

2 years ago

Voted Nay

HB 2285Requiring the secretary of health and environment to study drug overdose death cases and providing for the confidentiality of related records, restricting the authority of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers to control the spread of infectious or contagious diseases, repealing the authority of the secretary to quarantine individuals and impose penalties for violations thereof and prohibiting the secretary of health and environment from requiring COVID-19 vaccination for children attending a child care facility or school.

3 years ago

Voted Nay

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 other

SR 1725Approving an amendment to the gaming compact with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation concerning sports wagering.

3 years ago