Dinah Sykes

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Dinah Sykes — nay

HB2535: Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.

Adopt CCR

Conference Committee Report was adopted;

Roll call 407: 30 yea, 8 nay, 1 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting

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Dinah Sykes — yea

SB82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax credit for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures, repealing the agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement tax credits and expanding the eligibility for applicable expenses under the child day care services assistance tax credit.

Adopt CCR

Conference Committee Report was adopted;

Roll call 406: 36 yea, 2 nay, 1 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting

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Dinah Sykes — nay

HCR5008: Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes property based on the fair market value or average fair market value of the residential portion and providing the legislature the authority to establish valuation limits for any classes or subclasses of property.

Emergency Final Action As Amended

Emergency Final Action - Adopted as amended by Required 2/3 Majority;

Roll call 405: 27 yea, 12 nay, 0 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting

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Dinah Sykes — nay

HB2763: Requiring 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.

Adopt CCR

Conference Committee Report was adopted;

Roll call 404: 29 yea, 10 nay, 0 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting

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Dinah Sykes — yea

HB2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.

Adopt CCR

Conference Committee Report was adopted;

Roll call 403: 39 yea, 0 nay, 0 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting

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Dinah Sykes — yea

SB430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code.

Adopt CCR

Conference Committee Report was adopted;

Roll call 402: 38 yea, 0 nay, 1 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting

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Dinah Sykes — absent

HB2593: Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.

Override

Motion to override veto prevailed;

Roll call 388: 27 yea, 12 nay, 0 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting

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Dinah Sykes — absent

HB2521: Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families.

Override

Motion to override veto prevailed;

Roll call 387: 30 yea, 9 nay, 0 present, 1 absent, 0 not voting