Bill Sponsor
Joe Newland
Kansas · State Politician (Former) · Republican
Overview
Bills
Votes
Featured Bills
May 23, 2022
Failed in House
Cosponsor
Kansas House Bill 2300
Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
Active
May 23, 2022
Failed in House
Cosponsor
Kansas House Bill 2331
Providing for the limited transfer of landowner or tenant deer hunting permits to nonresidents.
Active
May 23, 2022
Failed in House
Cosponsor
Kansas House Bill 2664
Prohibiting banks, trust companies, credit unions and other business entities from discriminating based on certain subjective or arbitrary factors.
Active
May 23, 2022
Failed in House
Cosponsor
Kansas House Resolution 6023
Condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Active
May 23, 2022
Failed in House
Cosponsor
Kansas House Concurrent Resolution 5034
Directing the joint committee on fiduciary financial institutions oversight to study and draft legislation relating to environmental, social and governance standards.
Active
Recent Votes
May 23, 2022
Voted Yes
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Yes
Motion to override veto prevailed;
Passed
Kansas House Bill 2387
Prohibiting the issuance of a request for proposal or entering into a new contract for the administration and provision of benefits under the medical assistance program and removing the authority of the governor to prohibit attending or conducting certain religious services and worship services.
May 23, 2022
Voted No
No
Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed
Failed
Kansas House Bill 2136
Establishing the COVID-19 retail storefront property tax relief act to provide partial refunds to certain businesses impacted by COVID-19-related shutdowns and restrictions, discontinuing the first 15 days of the month sales and compensating use tax remittance requirements for certain retailers, providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Atchison county and delaying implementation of the exclusion of separately stated delivery charges from sales or selling price.
May 23, 2022
Voted Yes
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Yes
Conference Committee Report was adopted;
Passed
Kansas House Bill 2136
Establishing the COVID-19 retail storefront property tax relief act to provide partial refunds to certain businesses impacted by COVID-19-related shutdowns and restrictions, discontinuing the first 15 days of the month sales and compensating use tax remittance requirements for certain retailers, providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Atchison county and delaying implementation of the exclusion of separately stated delivery charges from sales or selling price.
May 23, 2022
Voted Yes
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Yes
Motion to override veto prevailed;
Passed
Kansas House Bill 2252
Prohibiting the modification of election laws by agreement except as approved by the legislative coordinating council.
May 23, 2022
Voted Yes
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Yes
Conference Committee Report was adopted;
Passed
Kansas House Bill 2540
Updating schedules I, II, IV and V of the uniform controlled substances act and excluding FDA-approved drug products from the definition of marijuana.
Apr 28, 2022
Voted Yes
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Yes
Motion to override veto failed; Veto sustained;
Passed
Kansas Senate Bill 160
Enacting the fairness in women's sports act to require that student athletic teams only include members who are of the same biological sex unless designated as coed.