Courtney Sappington
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7
Bills sponsored
this session · 7 all-time
4
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 4 all-time
1
Enacted into law
this session · 1 all-time
374
Recorded votes
100%
Vote participation
voted in 100% of 374 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
b2025_26 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
95.7%
based on 373 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
4.3%
based on 373 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
99.7%
based on 373 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
7 billsCurrent session 7 bills
- HR 6043 Commemorating the life and service of Representative Melody McCray-Miller. Introduced
- HR 6044 Commemorating the life and service of Representative Harold Lane. Introduced
- HR 6040 Commemorating the life and service of Representative John Resman. Introduced
- HB 2599 Exempting 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. Failed
- HCR 5034 Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas by revising article 11 by establishing the freedom from taxes fund, establishing the Kansas citizens freedom review board, authorizing the board to review tax exemptions and approve or eliminate such exemptions and eliminating the motor vehicle property taxes and fees, state-mandated and state-imposed property taxes and state-imposed income and privilege taxes. Failed
- HB 2444 Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings. Signed
- HR 6034 Commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson. Introduced
Co-sponsored
4 billsCurrent session 4 bills
- HCR5034 Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas by revising article 11 by establishing the freedom from taxes fund, establishing the Kansas citizens freedom review board, authorizing the board to review tax exemptions and approve or eliminate such exemptions and eliminating the motor vehicle property taxes and fees, state-mandated and state-imposed property taxes and state-imposed income and privilege taxes. Introduced
- HB2599 Exempting 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. Introduced
- HB2444 Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings. To Executive
- HR6040 Commemorating the life and service of Representative John Resman. Signed
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
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HCR5008
Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes property based on the fair market value or average fair market value of the residential portion and providing the legislature the authority to establish valuation limits for any classes or subclasses of property.
Motion to concur with amendments failed |
Yea | fail | April 11, 2026 |
|
HB2513
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2026 |
|
HB2513
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Nay | pass | March 27, 2026 |
|
HB2513
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto overridden |
Yea | pass | April 10, 2026 |
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HB2513
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto sustained |
Nay | fail | April 10, 2026 |
|
HB2374
Creating the specialty practice student loan program and the specialty practice student loan repayment fund, allowing for the transfer of funds from the OBGYN and psychiatry medical student loan repayment funds to the specialty practice student loan repayment fund and abolishing the OBGYN and psychiatry medical student loan repayment funds.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
SB197
House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue bonds for such projects, making certain other changes and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.
Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended |
Nay | pass | February 26, 2026 |
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SB197
House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue bonds for such projects, making certain other changes and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Yea | pass | March 27, 2026 |
|
SB356
House Substitute for SB356 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to a firearm owner at the termination of the firearm hold agreement, preempting municipalities from imposing any regulations or additional terms on firearm hold agreements, providing that firearm hold agreements shall not give rise to any inference that the firearm owner lacked legal capacity or fitness to possess a firearm.
Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2026 |
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SB356
House Substitute for SB356 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to a firearm owner at the termination of the firearm hold agreement, preempting municipalities from imposing any regulations or additional terms on firearm hold agreements, providing that firearm hold agreements shall not give rise to any inference that the firearm owner lacked legal capacity or fitness to possess a firearm.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Nay | pass | March 26, 2026 |
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HB2712
Increasing the authority for a countywide retailers' sales tax and providing for the dedicated apportionment of special purpose tax revenues up to 2%, limiting special purpose city and countywide retailers' sales taxes to 10 years and requiring certain reporting to the department of revenue for administration of such tax.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Nay | pass | March 05, 2026 |
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HB2004
Senate Substitute for HB 2004 by Committee on Government Efficiency - Requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies.
Motion to override veto prevailed |
Yea | pass | April 09, 2026 |
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HB2004
Senate Substitute for HB 2004 by Committee on Government Efficiency - Requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Yea | pass | March 26, 2026 |
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HB2250
Substitute for HB 2250 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance and permitting a first responder to distribute and administer an expired emergency opioid antagonists.
Final Action - Substitute passed |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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HB2250
Substitute for HB 2250 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance and permitting a first responder to distribute and administer an expired emergency opioid antagonists.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Yea | pass | March 26, 2026 |
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HB2731
Substitute for HB 2731 by Committee on Welfare Reform - Requiring the department for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations.
Final Action - Substitute passed |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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HB2731
Substitute for HB 2731 by Committee on Welfare Reform - Requiring the department for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Yea | pass | March 27, 2026 |
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HB2731
Substitute for HB 2731 by Committee on Welfare Reform - Requiring the department for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations.
Motion to override veto prevailed |
Yea | pass | April 10, 2026 |
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HB2624
Authorizing the disorganization of a county fire district by the board of county commissioners when such district contains no territory.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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HB2733
Requiring any person who is candidate or who has been elected to certain offices shall be and must remain a resident of the state or the appropriate district.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | February 17, 2026 |
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HB2522
Permitting highway construction and maintenance vehicles in road construction zones to display flashing amber, white or green lights at all times or flashing white and blue lights on stationary trailers under certain conditions and prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone or a road construction zone.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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HB2553
Providing for the Kansas PBS distinctive license plate and discontinuing the issuance of certain distinctive and educational institution license plates.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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SB82
Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax credit for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures, repealing the agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement tax credits and expanding the eligibility for applicable expenses under the child day care services assistance tax credit.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Yea | pass | April 10, 2026 |
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SCR1603
Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real property, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes personal property based on the fair market value or average fair market value and providing that the legislature may provide by law for the freezing of property tax valuations for owner-occupied residential property of qualifying seniors.
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was adopted |
Yea | pass | March 19, 2026 |
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SCR1603
Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real property, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes personal property based on the fair market value or average fair market value and providing that the legislature may provide by law for the freezing of property tax valuations for owner-occupied residential property of qualifying seniors.
Emergency Final Action - Adopted as amended by Required 2/3 Majority |
Yea | pass | March 19, 2026 |
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SCR1603
Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real property, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes personal property based on the fair market value or average fair market value and providing that the legislature may provide by law for the freezing of property tax valuations for owner-occupied residential property of qualifying seniors.
Conference Committee Report not adopted |
Yea | fail | March 27, 2026 |
|
SCR1603
Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real property, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes personal property based on the fair market value or average fair market value and providing that the legislature may provide by law for the freezing of property tax valuations for owner-occupied residential property of qualifying seniors.
Conference Committee Report not adopted |
Yea | pass | April 09, 2026 |
|
HB2029
Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Yea | pass | April 10, 2026 |
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HB2347
Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500, creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor, modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards, increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration.
Conference Committee Report was adopted |
Yea | pass | January 28, 2026 |
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HB2477
Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
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HB2711
Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | February 17, 2026 |
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HB2453
Requiring applications for advance voting ballots be filed by the 14th day prior to election day, that advance voting in person be completed by 12:00 p.m. on the Sunday prior to election day, extending the time for transmittal of advance voting ballots to 22 days prior to an election and ending the time for voter registration at 23 days prior to election day.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
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HB2740
Adopting compounding standards established by the United States pharmacopeia and allowing for exemptions from such standards.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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HB2633
Increasing the service charge fee for each license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department of wildlife and parks to an amount of not to exceed $2.00 and, in the case of each migratory waterfowl habitat stamp, an amount of not to exceed $1.00.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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HB2609
Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for allowing an adult to receive decision-making assistance from one or more other adults, requirements for decision-making agreements and duties related thereto.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
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SB281
House Substitute for Substitute for SB 281 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.
Final Action - Substitute passed as amended |
Yea | pass | February 17, 2026 |
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HB2223
Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.
Concurred with amendments |
Yea | pass | February 26, 2026 |
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HB2736
Requiring hospitals to screen all patients for eligibility for such hospital's financial assistance program or charity care policy.
Final Action - Not passed |
Yea | fail | February 19, 2026 |
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SCR1604
Making application to the United States congress to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to limit the federal government.
Final Action - Adopted |
Yea | pass | January 22, 2026 |
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HB2204
Declaring that the world health organization, the united nations and the world economic forum have no power within the state of Kansas or any political subdivisions thereof to enforce any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy or mandate.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | January 15, 2026 |
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HB2446
Deleting the requirement that the name of treasurers be listed in attributions for political advertising.
Emergency Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | January 29, 2026 |
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SB348
Exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2026 |
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HB2476
Permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended |
Nay | pass | January 29, 2026 |
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SB244
House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected |
Nay | fail | January 28, 2026 |
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SB244
House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.
Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended |
Yea | pass | January 28, 2026 |
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SB244
House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.
Motion to override veto prevailed |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
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HB2642
Removing obsolete reference to global intangible low-taxed income provided for under the federal internal revenue code in determining Kansas adjusted gross income.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
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SB473
Authorizing Audubon of Kansas to convey certain property in Wabaunsee county and requiring any deeds or conveyances related to such property be reviewed and approved by the state historical society.
Final Action - Passed |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2026 |
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HB2438
Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications.
Final Action - Passed as amended |
Yea | pass | February 10, 2026 |
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SCR1615
Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day.
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected |
Nay | fail | February 09, 2026 |