R Kansas Senate · District 36

Sen. Elaine Bowers

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Session

Total votes

1,513

all sessions

Attendance

100%

5 missed

Higher than 76% of chamber peers

With party

95%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

3%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Sponsored

66

bills & resolutions

Higher than 82% of chamber peers

Committees

7

assignments

Biography

About Sen. Elaine Bowers

Sen. serving Kansas District 36. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 13 years · 7 months. Serves on 7 committees, including Local Government, Transparency and Ethics, Capitol Preservation and J. Russell (Russ) Jennings Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.

Sworn in

Jan 14, 2013

13 years · 7 months

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Recent legislative activity

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SB 200Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof. died

5 months ago

SCR 1610Proposing 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

SB 312Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the deputy sheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway. died

5 months ago

SCR 1608Proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require individuals to be citizens of the United States, at least 18 years of age and a resident of the voting area in which such person seeks to vote in order to vote in this state. died

5 months ago

SB 302Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes. died

5 months ago

Voted Yea

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 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 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