Legislator
State Senator
Mike Petersen
(R) - Kansas
Kansas Senate District 28
In Office
contact info
Capitol Office
Kansas State Capitol Building
300 SW 10th St.
Topeka, KS 66612
300 SW 10th St.
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-296-7355
Business Address
840 N. Main
Wichita, KS 67216
Wichita, KS 67216
Phone: 316-655-5442
Vote Record By Category
| Category | Vote Index | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| Religious Freedom | 0 |
0
|
| Public Education | 0 |
-1
|
| Voting Rights | 0 |
-1
|
| Reproductive Rights | 0 |
-2
|
| LGBTQ+ Equality | 0 |
-3
|
| All Bills | 0 |
-7
|
Rated Bill Votes
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Rating | Vote | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB2062 | Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement | Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | 04/10/2025 | -1 | Yea | |
| HB2311 | Prohibiting the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody and appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity and creating a right of action for violations. | Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | 04/10/2025 | -1 | Yea | |
| HB2382 | Senate Substitute for HB 2382 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality and authorizing the state board of education to establish the rate of compensation for members of the board. | Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | 04/10/2025 | -1 | Yea | |
| SB4 | Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election. | Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 30 Nay: 10 | 03/25/2025 | -1 | Yea | |
| SB63 | Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender transition care to children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment, prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for h | Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | 02/18/2025 | -1 | Yea | |
| SB76 | Requiring employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student's biological sex and birth certificate and authorizing a cause of action for violations therefor. | Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 26 Nay: 14 | 02/19/2025 | -1 | Yea | |
| SB87 | Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program and providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions. | Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 24 Nay: 16 | 02/19/2025 | -1 | Yea |
Rated Sponored Bills
| Bill | Bill Name | Rating | Comments |
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