Bill Sponsor
Dennis Pyle
Kansas · State Senator · District 1 · Republican
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
State Capitol Room 45-S, Kansas Building 300 SW 10th St., Topeka, KS 66612
Phone
785-296-7379
Address
2979 Kingfisher Road, Hiawatha, KS 66434
Phone
785-742-3780
Address
State Capitol Room 45-S, Kansas Building 300 SW 10th St., Topeka, KS 66612
Phone
785-296-7379
Address
2979 Kingfisher Road, Hiawatha, KS 66434
Phone
785-742-3780
Featured Bills
Mar 29, 2023
Passed House
Sponsor
Kansas Senate Concurrent Resolution 1603
Urging the President of the United States to restore energy independence in the United States.
Active
Feb 09, 2023
Passed House
Sponsor
Kansas Senate Concurrent Resolution 1602
Disapproving the designation of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species in Kansas by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Active
May 23, 2022
Failed in Senate
Cosponsor
Kansas Senate Concurrent Resolution 1607
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that locally elected school boards are the only governmental entity with the authority to close schools.
Active
May 23, 2022
Failed in Senate
Cosponsor
Kansas Senate Concurrent Resolution 1615
Proposing to amend section 13 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas regarding vote requirements for passage of bills or concurrent resolutions.
Active
Apr 25, 2022
Signed by Governor
Cosponsor
Kansas Senate Bill 479
Authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol and establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund.
Became Law
Recent Votes
Jan 31, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Motion to withdraw from Committee on Ways and Means not adopted;
Passed
Kansas Senate Concurrent Resolution 1615
A Concurrent Resolution rejecting the rates of compensation for members of the Legislature set by the Legislative Compensation Commission.
Jan 31, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Conference Committee Report was adopted;
Passed
Kansas Senate Bill 15
Increasing 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.
Jan 31, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Consent Calendar Passed
Passed
Kansas Senate Bill 331
Removing 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.
Jan 17, 2024
Voted No
No
Conference Committee Report was adopted;
Passed
Kansas House Bill 2284
Providing 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.
Jan 17, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Motion to adopt the CCR. Substitute motion to not adopt, send back to conference committee and appoint a new conference. Motion failed.
Failed
Kansas House Bill 2284
Providing 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.
Jan 8, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Emergency Final Action - Adopted;
Passed
Kansas Senate Resolution 1729
Condemning the October 7 attacks on the State of Israel.