Kansas State Senator

Patrick Schmidt Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB152

Introduced
2/3/25  
Establishing a property tax valuation appeal process to the board of county commissioners for certain residential and commercial real property and providing for the purchase of the property by the county under certain conditions.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB153

Introduced
2/3/25  
Establishing the Kansas paid prenatal personal leave act requiring employers to provide 20 hours of paid prenatal personal leave.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB201

Introduced
2/5/25  
Providing for a homestead property tax exemption for certain veterans and former law enforcement officers with service-connected disabilities.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB90

Introduced
1/28/25  
Providing for a property tax exemption from local government levies to the extent of the first $100,000 of appraised value for certain owner-occupied homes and authorizing local governments to propose a ballot question to opt out of such property tax exemption.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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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 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.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB218

Introduced
2/5/25  
Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SCR1609

Introduced
2/3/25  
Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations.
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Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SCR1614

Introduced
3/3/25  
Urging the United States Congress to increase the penalties for violations of federal immigration laws and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute employers who hire undocumented immigrants.