Sen. Dinah Sykes
District 21•(D)•Kansas Senate
Summary
Sen. Dinah Sykes (D) represents Kansas in the Senate. This session, Sen. Sykes has sponsored 20 bills, co-sponsored 25 bills, voted Yes 359 times, and No 121 times.
Record
Sen. Dinah Sykes is the prime sponsor of 20 bills and a co-sponsor of 25 this session.
Bills
SR 1736Strengthening the sister-state relations between the State of Kansas and Taiwan.Mar 26, 2026 · PassedSB 369Requiring certain disclosures to be made to prospective tenants and providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.Feb 10, 2026 · IntroducedSB 474Enacting the Kansas short-term, limited duration insurance act; establishing definitions, disclosure, premiums, renewal and underwriting requirements relating thereto and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to adopt rules and regulations to implement and oversee the act.Feb 5, 2026 · In Senate CommitteeSB 444Authorizing interior inspections of residential property without the consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or if there is probable cause of imminent danger related to health and safety and allowing cities to abate certain interior code violations or delegate such authority to the county.Feb 3, 2026 · In Senate CommitteeSB 443Requiring cause for evictions from residential property, modifying the petition and notice requirements for eviction cases and removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant a continuance.Feb 3, 2026 · In Senate Committee
Votes
Sen. Dinah Sykes has voted Yes on 359 bills and No on 121 this session.
HB 2763Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeHB 2731Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to establish continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance, directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval, prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs, limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeHB 2651Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant's own recognizance.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeSB 430Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code.Apr 10, 2026 · Signed by Governor · Voted AyeHB 2587Authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted Aye
