Sen. Patrick Schmidt
District 19•(D)•Kansas Senate
Summary
Sen. Patrick Schmidt (D) represents Kansas in the Senate. This session, Sen. Schmidt has sponsored 5 bills, co-sponsored 12 bills, voted Yes 365 times, and No 116 times.
Record
Sen. Patrick Schmidt is the prime sponsor of 5 bills and a co-sponsor of 12 this session.
Bills
SR 1706Condemning the pardons and commutations of sentences for those individuals involved in the attack at the United States capitol building on January 6, 2021.Apr 11, 2025 · In Senate CommitteeSB 201Providing for a homestead property tax exemption for certain veterans and former law enforcement officers with service-connected disabilities.Feb 6, 2025 · In Senate CommitteeSB 153Establishing the Kansas paid prenatal personal leave act requiring employers to provide 20 hours of paid prenatal personal leave.Feb 4, 2025 · In Senate CommitteeSB 152Establishing 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.Feb 4, 2025 · In Senate CommitteeSB 90Providing 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.Jan 29, 2025 · In Senate Committee
Votes
Sen. Patrick Schmidt has voted Yes on 365 bills and No on 116 this session.
HB 2745Senate Substitute for HB 2745 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeHB 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 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
