Ty Masterson

Co-sponsored a Kansas bill requiring public notice and a hearing before local governments raise property taxes above the revenue-neutral rate. The Senate passed it 39-0 on February 25, 2020, but it died in the House (Senate Bill 294).

February 25, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Co-sponsored the by-right housing development act (Senate Bill 418), which the governor approved on April 7, 2026. It sets up a streamlined permit approval process for qualifying housing developments, allows third-party review of construction documents, and treats all residentially zoned land inside city limits as zoned for single-family housing.

April 7, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Serves as President of the Kansas Senate, the chamber's top post, and chairs its committees on Interstate Cooperation and on Organization, Calendar and Rules as well as the Statewide Broadband Expansion Planning Task Force. He is also vice chair of the Legislative Coordinating Council. He served in the Kansas House from 2005 to 2008 and has been a senator since 2009.

January 13, 2025

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 5, 2026

Co-sponsored Senate Bill 359, which created eight new distinctive Kansas licence plates, including ones for the Kansas City Chiefs, Sporting Kansas City, the Sedgwick County Zoo and the Topeka Zoo, and required the county of registration to appear on certain plates. The governor approved it on April 22, 2024.

April 22, 2024

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Co-sponsored a law authorizing a permanent memorial to the Kansas suffragist movement in the state capitol and creating a fund to pay for it (Senate Bill 479). The governor signed it on April 11, 2022.

April 11, 2022

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Co-sponsored a Kansas law, effective April 14, 2022, authorizing construction of a memorial honoring Kansas Gold Star families, the relatives of service members who died in service (Senate Bill 330).

April 1, 2022

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Co-sponsored a bill requiring sex-offender registration for certain breach-of-privacy and child pornography crimes; the Senate passed it 40-0 on February 23, 2022. The House later struck it from its calendar (Senate Bill 385).

February 23, 2022

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Co-sponsored Senate Bill 295, proposing to bar property tax value increases based only on normal repair or upkeep. The Senate passed it 38-1, but it died in a House committee.

February 25, 2020

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Was one of the senators who introduced Senate Bill 125 in 2019. The Senate passed it 29-11 on March 20, 2019, but the House replaced it with a substitute bill on county tax payment plans, and the substitute died on the House calendar in May 2020.

March 20, 2019

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Co-sponsored Senate Bill 9, which transferred $115 million from the state general fund to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System. The governor approved it on March 8, 2019.

March 8, 2019

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Was one of about 40 Senate cosponsors of a Kansas law making the cage elevator the official state elevator. The governor signed it in April 2016 (Senate Bill 443).

April 6, 2016

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Co-sponsored a Kansas law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure, titled the unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion act (Senate Bill 95). The governor approved it April 7, 2015, and it took effect July 1, 2015.

April 7, 2015

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Co-introduced a law letting adults carry a concealed handgun without a permit, which the governor signed on April 2, 2015 (Senate Bill 45). The Senate passed it 31-8 and the House 85-39.

April 2, 2015

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Cosponsored a Kansas health care law covering stem cell therapy and the handling of unused medications. The governor approved it on April 22, 2013 (Senate Bill 199).

April 22, 2013

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Co-sponsored a Kansas law on civil lawsuits related to abortion, which the governor approved on April 10, 2013 (Senate Bill 142).

April 10, 2013

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 24, 2026