Kansas State Senator

Dinah Sykes Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB118

Introduced
1/30/25  
Imposing conditional term limits on members of the legislature and requiring nomination for office by petition after such term limits have run.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB200

Introduced
2/5/25  
Designating 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.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB202

Introduced
2/5/25  
Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB215

Introduced
2/5/25  
Excluding social security payments from household income and increasing the household income and appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead claims.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB216

Introduced
2/5/25  
Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB179

Introduced
2/4/25  
Establishing a child income tax credit.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB180

Introduced
2/4/25  
Requiring previous convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB189

Introduced
2/4/25  
Providing injured employees the freedom of choice to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB195

Introduced
2/4/25  
Establishing the property tax task force that shall study the property tax system in Kansas and develop recommendations and suggest improvements to law.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB212

Introduced
2/5/25  
Enacting the prescription drug cost and affordability review act to establish the prescription drug pricing board and prescription drug affordability stakeholder council to review the cost of prescription medications and establish upper payment limits for certain prescription drugs.