Bill Sponsor
Robyn R. Essex
Kansas · State Representative · District 78 · Republican
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
State Capitol Room 268-W, Kansas Building 300 SW 10th St., Topeka, KS 66612
Phone
785-296-7385
Address
State Capitol Room 268-W, Kansas Building 300 SW 10th St., Topeka, KS 66612
Phone
785-296-7385
Featured Bills
Apr 10, 2026
Failed in House
Sponsor
Kansas House Bill 2005
Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals and discontinuing the sales tax exemption for purchases made by certain qualifying military veterans.
Active
Apr 10, 2026
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Kansas House Bill 2029
Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
Became Law
Apr 10, 2026
Failed in House
Sponsor
Kansas House Bill 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.
Active
Apr 10, 2026
Failed in House
Sponsor
Kansas House Bill 2670
Prohibiting video streaming services from transmitting commercial advertisements with the audio louder than that of the main video streaming content in which such advertisement is placed.
Active
Apr 10, 2026
Failed in House
Sponsor
Kansas House Bill 2637
Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception from such participation and requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation.
Active
Recent Votes
Feb 6, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Final Action - Passed;
Passed
Kansas House Bill 2545
Providing for the sale of property not retrieved by an occupant after notice, allowing electronic signatures and delivery for rental agreements, defining property that has no commercial value, providing for the deemed effectiveness of rental agreements not signed or delivered by an owner or occupant and specifying custody of abandoned or towed property under the self-service storage act.
Feb 1, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Final Action - Substitute passed;
Passed
Kansas House Bill 2103
Substitute for HB 2103 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Eliminating the statutory 15% alternative investment limit for the KPERS fund and requiring the KPERS board to establish an alternative investment percentage limit.
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 18, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
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 8, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Emergency Final Action - Adopted;
Passed
Kansas House Resolution 6030
Condemning the October 7 attacks on the State of Israel.
Apr 28, 2023
Voted Yes
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Yes
Emergency Final Action - Adopted;
Passed
Kansas House Resolution 6026
Approving an amendment to the gaming compact with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation concerning sports wagering.