Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

KS Scorecard 2023

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Kansas Legislature in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Kansas Apprenticeship Act

Good Vote: No

HB2292 Kansas Apprenticeship Act (Passed 110 to 11 on 4/6/2023). Establishes the Kansas Apprenticeship Act.

2. Con-Con

Good Vote: No

HCR5008 Con-Con (Passed 74 to 48 on 3/22/2023). Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution, for a convention to propose a Balanced Budget Amendment.

3. Prevent Mask & Vaccine Mandates

Good Vote: Yes

SB34 Prevent Mask & Vaccine Mandates (Passed 64 to 53 on 4/28/2022). Prohibits governmental entities and public officials from imposing mask mandates and vaccine mandates and also limits the powers of the governor.

4. Secure Paper Ballots

Good Vote: Yes

HB2138 Secure Paper Ballots (Passed 82 to 40 on 4/26/2022). Requires all voting systems for elections to use individual voter-verified paper ballots with a distinctive watermark. Also, r equires audits of any race that is within 1% of the votes cast.

5. Con-Con

Good Vote: No

HCR5027 Con-Con (Rejected 76 to 43 on 3/9/2022). Applies to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states. Needed 2/3 vote to pass.

6. Second Amendment Rights

Good Vote: Yes

HB2058 Second Amendment Rights (Passed 84 to 39 on 5/3/2021). Lowers the minimum age for a concealed carry permit from 21 year old to 18 years old.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
John Alcala	D	HD-057	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Mike Amyx	D	HD-045	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Avery Anderson	R	HD-072	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Tory Blew	R	HD-112	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Francis Awerkamp	R	HD-061	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Barbara Ballard	D	HD-044	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Carrie Barth	R	HD-005	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Brian Bergkamp	R	HD-093	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Emil Bergquist	R	HD-091	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Doug Blex	R	HD-012	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Lewis Bloom	R	HD-064	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Jesse Borjon	R	HD-052	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Brad Boyd	D	HD-049	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Ron Bryce	R	HD-011	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
David Buehler	R	HD-040	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Nathan Butler	R	HD-068	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Sydney Carlin	D	HD-066	20%	-	+	-	-	.	-
John Carmichael	D	HD-092	40%	-	+	-	-	+	.
Will Carpenter	R	HD-075	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Blake Carpenter	R	HD-081	33%	-	-	.	.	.	+
Ford Carr	D	HD-084	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Stephanie Clayton	D	HD-019	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Bill Clifford	R	HD-122	20%	-	-	-	+	-	.
Kenneth Collins	R	HD-002	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Susan Concannon	R	HD-107	40%	-	.	-	+	-	+
Ken Corbet	R	HD-054	67%	-	+	+	+	-	+
Chris Croft	R	HD-008	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Pam Curtis	D	HD-032	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Leo Delperdang	R	HD-094	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Michael Dodson	R	HD-067	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Owen Donohoe	R	HD-039	40%	-	-	-	+	.	+
Duane Droge	R	HD-013	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Ronald Ellis	R	HD-047	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
John Eplee	R	HD-063	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Robyn Essex	R	HD-078	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Susan Estes	R	HD-087	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Brett Fairchild	R	HD-113	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Linda Featherston	D	HD-016	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Shannon Francis	R	HD-125	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Randy Garber	R	HD-062	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Fred Gardner	R	HD-009	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Dan Goddard	R	HD-007	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Jason Goetz	R	HD-119	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Kirk Haskins	D	HD-053	NA	.	+	.	.	.	.
Christina Haswood	D	HD-010	50%	+	+	-	-	+	-
Daniel Hawkins	R	HD-100	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Henry Helgerson	D	HD-083	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Dennis "Boog" Highberger	D	HD-046	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Scott Hill	R	HD-070	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Kyle Hoffman	R	HD-116	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Nick Hoheisel	R	HD-097	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Allison Hougland	D	HD-015	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Michael Houser	R	HD-001	100%	.	+	+	+	+	+
Steven K. Howe	R	HD-071	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Leah Howell	R	HD-082	40%	-	-	+	+	-	.
Cyndi Howerton	R	HD-098	40%	-	-	+	+	-	.
Jo Ella Hoye	D	HD-017	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Susan Humphries	R	HD-099	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Trevor Jacobs	R	HD-004	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Timothy Johnson	R	HD-038	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Tom Kessler	R	HD-096	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Brenda Landwehr	R	HD-105	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Bob Lewis	R	HD-123	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Angela Martinez	D	HD-103	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Les Mason	R	HD-073	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Carl Maughan	R	HD-090	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Nikki McDonald	D	HD-049	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kyle McNorton	R	HD-050	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lynn Melton	D	HD-036	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Heather Meyer	D	HD-029	50%	+	.	-	-	+	.
Vic Miller	R	HD-058	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Miller	D	HD-014	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Silas Miller	D	HD-086	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Jim Minnix	R	HD-118	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Lisa Moser	R	HD-106	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Michael Murphy	R	HD-114	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Lance W. Neelly	R	HD-042	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Cindy Neighbor	D	HD-018	50%	-	+	-	+	+	-
KC Ohaebosim	D	HD-089	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Melissa Oropeza	D	HD-037	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Dan Osman	D	HD-048	40%	+	+	-	-	-	.
Jarrod Ousley	D	HD-024	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Stephen Owens	R	HD-074	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Fred Patton	R	HD-050	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Patrick Penn	R	HD-085	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Sandy Pickert	R	HD-088	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Samantha Poetter Parshall	R	HD-006	NA	.	.	.	+	.	+
Mari-Lynn Poskin	D	HD-020	50%	+	+	-	-	+	-
Jason Probst	D	HD-102	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Pat Proctor	R	HD-041	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Ken Rahjes	R	HD-110	60%	-	-	+	+	.	+
John Resman	R	HD-121	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Bill Rhiley	R	HD-080	67%	+	-	+	+	-	+
Marvin Robinson	D	HD-035	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Webster Roth	R	HD-079	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Louis Ruiz	D	HD-031	67%	.	+	.	.	+	-
Susan Ruiz	D	HD-023	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Clarke Sanders	R	HD-069	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Tom Sawyer	D	HD-095	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Tobias Schlingensiepen	D	HD-055	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Rebecca Schmoe	R	HD-059	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Mark Schreiber	R	HD-060	40%	-	+	-	.	+	-
Joe Seiwert	R	HD-101	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Adam Smith	R	HD-120	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Chuck Smith	R	HD-003	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Eric L. Smith	R	HD-076	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Angela Stiens	R	HD-039	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jerry Stogsdill	D	HD-021	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
William Sutton	R	HD-043	25%	-	-	.	.	-	+
Sean Tarwater	R	HD-027	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Adam Thomas	R	HD-026	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Kenny Titus	R	HD-051	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Adam Turk	R	HD-117	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Carl Turner	R	HD-028	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Jeff Underhill	R	HD-065	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.
Lindsay Vaughn	D	HD-022	60%	+	+	.	-	+	-
Paul Waggoner	R	HD-104	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Barbara Wasinger	R	HD-111	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Troy Waymaster	R	HD-109	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Virgil Weigel	D	HD-056	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Gary White	R	HD-115	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Kristey Williams	R	HD-077	50%	-	-	+	+	-	+
Laura Williams	R	HD-030	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Valdenia Winn	D	HD-034	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Brandon Woodard	D	HD-108	33%	-	+	-	-	+	-
Rui Xu	D	HD-025	50%	+	+	-	-	+	-
David Younger	R	HD-124	NA	-	+	.	.	.	.

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	37.7%
Republican	50.6%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution