Lynn Melton

KS House District 36

Democratic Kansas since Jan 9, 2023

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Economy & Taxes 8 Social Services & Welfare 7 Healthcare 5 Labor & Employment 5 Education 4 Criminal Justice & Policing 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Defense & Military 2 Housing 2 Veterans Affairs 2 Agriculture 1 Elections & Voting 1 Government Operations & Budget 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
KS House District 36 current Kansas	Democratic	Jan 9, 2023	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (748 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
SB 137 Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 90 Nay: 28	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523393	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523393 LegiScan-ToS
	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Featherston was rejected - Yea: 32 Nay: 69	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1522860	Mar 20, 2025	fail	LegiScan API legiscan-1522860 LegiScan-ToS
SB 117 Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property.	House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 111 Nay: 7	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523778	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523778 LegiScan-ToS
SB 54 Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 87 Nay: 31	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523373	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523373 LegiScan-ToS
SB 44 Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 77 Nay: 41	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523271	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523271 LegiScan-ToS
SB 35 Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 109 Nay: 9	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523183	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523183 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2377 Providing that countywide retailers' sales tax is apportioned based on tangible property tax levies…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 118 Nay: 0	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523395	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523395 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2336 Providing for the apportionment of business income by the single sales factor and the apportionment…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 109 Nay: 9	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523196	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523196 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2318 Providing that future income and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding tax…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 84 Nay: 34	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523172	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523172 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2294 Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Reducing certain…	House Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed - Yea: 103 Nay: 15	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523298	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523298 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2131 Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 108 Nay: 10	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523391	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523391 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2110 Eliminating the requirement that the state 911 board shall contract with a local collection point…	House Concurred with amendments - Yea: 118 Nay: 0	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1523211	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1523211 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2020 Requiring a quarterly report from the director of the division of vehicles listing the names…	House Concurred with amendments - Yea: 83 Nay: 35	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1522656	Mar 20, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1522656 LegiScan-ToS
SCR 1611 Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and…	House Emergency Final Action - Adopted by required 2/3 majority - Yea: 84 Nay: 40	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1520983	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1520983 LegiScan-ToS
HCR 5001 Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to…	House Emergency Final Action - Not adopted by required 2/3 majority - Yea: 81 Nay: 43	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1520942	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1520942 LegiScan-ToS
SB 269 Providing that future income tax and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 123 Nay: 0	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521483	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521483 LegiScan-ToS
SB 250 Enacting the right to try for individualized treatments act to permit a manufacturer to make an…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 97 Nay: 26	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521343	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521343 LegiScan-ToS
SB 157 Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 88 Nay: 35	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521191	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521191 LegiScan-ToS
SB 156 Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 123 Nay: 0	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521777	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521777 LegiScan-ToS
SB 135 Providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act.	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 123 Nay: 0	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521133	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521133 LegiScan-ToS
SB 125 Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 120 Nay: 3	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521383	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521383 LegiScan-ToS
SB 104 Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 119 Nay: 4	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1522411	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1522411 LegiScan-ToS
SB 97 Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 116 Nay: 7	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521227	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521227 LegiScan-ToS
SB 89 Authorizing the animal health commissioner to adopt rules and regulations to administer the poultry…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 123 Nay: 0	Yea	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521746	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521746 LegiScan-ToS
SB 79 Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition…	House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 65 Nay: 58	Nay	lower · stage not recorded · roll 1521838	Mar 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1521838 LegiScan-ToS

Topics in their record

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (748 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (30 as lead sponsor)