Second Sunday Monthly Town Halls with Senator Sykes at the Lenexa Public Market at 2:00pm
House Minority Whip
Serving District 17 on the House Appropriations, Transportation, and Transportation and Public Safety Budget (ranking member) committees
Member of the Russ Jennings Joint Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee and Special Budget Committee
Carried an amendment on the House Floor to fully fund the State Early Literacy/Dyslexia Program Manager – the position is fully funded with State General Funds thanks to bipartisan efforts!
Voted NO on the anti-abortion Value Them Both constitutional amendment in the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, on the House Floor, and at the polls on Aug. 2, 2022
Carried an amendment on the House Floor to prohibit instructors from using, demonstrating, or possessing firearms or live ammunition in K-12 schools as part of the NRA’s Eddie Eagle training for elementary students – thankfully this bill did not become law
Legislative Post Audit request on the Tax Credit Scholarship Program exposing the lack of oversight and accountability: 2 out of 9 Scholarship Granting Organizations are in noncompliance with state statutes, and there isn’t a process in place should the $10 million threshold for taxpayer dollars set aside to pay the tax credits be exceeded
HB 2711 – expanding the public workforce by changing the assessment threshold for KPERS employees working after retirement to put money back in the pockets of hardworking Kansans – passed into law in 2024.