Barbara Wasinger

Voted for Senate Bill 29, which takes away the power of local health officials to stop public gatherings. The House voted 86-38 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Moved to approve Ellis County Resolution 2015-22 banning electronic smoking devices in county buildings; the motion passed 3-0.

October 19, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: ellisco.net · researched July 25, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2593, which makes local governments explain in public before hiring contingent fee lawyers. The House voted 85-38 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 299, which opens the records of the commission that picks supreme court nominees. The Kansas House passed it 87-32. It became law.

March 5, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2217, which lets the state inspector general investigate cash and food assistance fraud. The House voted 87-38 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 10, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted to adopt the conference committee report on House Bill 2054, which doubles the caps on contributions to Kansas candidates and parties. The Kansas House adopted the conference committee's final version 72-52, the Senate agreed, and the governor signed it into law.

March 27, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2304, which makes cities and counties report the tax breaks and subsidies they hand out. The Kansas House passed it 88-37. It became law.

March 25, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 30, which gives the Legislature the last word on new job licenses from 2026. The Kansas House voted 88-35 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

April 9, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Testified as a proponent for HB 2834. It would move state employee health-plan oversight. Oversight would pass from the Department of Administration to the Kansas Insurance Department.

March 18, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Testified as a proponent for SB 434, which would exempt sugaring hair removal from the definition of cosmetology.

March 6, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Co-sponsored HB 2066, expanding expedited occupational licensure and permitting out-of-state telemedicine and electronic credentials; the governor approved it on April 21, 2021.

January 14, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 35, which ends two statewide property taxes that paid for state university and institution buildings. The Kansas House passed it 96-26. It became law.

March 26, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

As Ellis County Commission chair, presided over a budget meeting. Commissioners there authorized publication of a 2015 budget. It was balanced with $1.7 million in cuts and no property-tax levy increase.

July 30, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: ellisco.net · researched July 25, 2026

As Ellis County commissioner, signed a resolution authorizing a public-building project and requesting revenue bonds of up to $14.5 million.

January 21, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: ellisco.net · researched July 25, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 391, which stops cities and counties passing four kinds of renting rule, including voucher protections. The House voted 85-38 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 10, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2088, which puts a 60-day clock on local building permits for houses. The Kansas House passed it 83-40. It became law.

March 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 2101, which stops cities and counties running a guaranteed income program with tax money. The Kansas House passed it 86-37, the Senate agreed, and it became law.

February 20, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2033, which lets more reading help be paid from a school district's at-risk fund. The Kansas House voted 87-38 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

April 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 137, which lets police sell guns they have seized instead of destroying them. The Kansas House passed it 90-28. It became law.

March 20, 2025Opposes Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2727, which lets people suing over abortion consent rules choose a fixed $5,000 award. The House voted 87-36 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2635, which stops government making pregnancy centers take part in abortion. The House voted 87-35 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

March 27, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2382, which makes schools show a video of fetal growth in human development classes. The Kansas House voted 84-41 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

April 10, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2062, which counts an unborn child for child support and for state income tax. The Kansas House voted 87-38 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

April 10, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Co-sponsored HB 2313, creating the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act; it became law after the Legislature overrode the governor's veto.

February 7, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Voted for HCR 5003, the Value Them Both constitutional amendment proposal on abortion. Joined a written explanation saying Kansas voters should decide it.

January 22, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Voted for House passage of HB 2274, requiring medication-abortion patients to receive notice that the effects may be reversible; the bill later died in a Senate committee.

March 26, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2437, the SAVE Kansas Act, which checks voter lists against federal citizenship data twice yearly. The Kansas House voted 84-39 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

April 9, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 4, which makes mailed early ballots arrive by 7 p.m. on election day from 2026. The Kansas House voted 84-41 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

March 25, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 269, which sets up automatic future income tax rate cuts when revenue beats 2024 levels. The Kansas House voted 87-37 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

April 10, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2333, which makes outdoor college campus areas public forums and bans free speech zones. The House voted 85-38 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 244, which makes every shared restroom and locker room in public buildings single-sex. The Kansas House voted 87-37 to override, the Senate did the same, and the bill became law over Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

February 18, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for House Bill 2311, which protects religious belief in foster care and adoption decisions. The House voted 87-38 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 10, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Co-sponsored HB 2272 to end death sentences for crimes committed after July 1, 2025. It would substitute aggravated murder punishable by life without parole. The bill died in committee.

February 5, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 63, the Help Not Harm Act, which bars puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery for minors. The Kansas House passed it 83-35. Governor Laura Kelly vetoed the bill, both chambers voted to override her, and it became law.

January 31, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 375, which makes proxy advisers say whether a financial analysis backs advice against management. The House voted 87-36 to override the governor's veto, and the bill became law.

April 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to House Bill 2109, which shields power and phone companies from lawsuits over police gear on their poles. The Kansas House agreed to the Senate's changes 78-44, which sent the bill to the governor, and it was signed into law.

March 24, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

As Ellis County commissioner, signed a resolution authorizing a public-building project and requesting revenue bonds of up to $14.5 million.

January 21, 2013Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: ellisco.net · researched July 25, 2026

As HB 2433's original sponsor, testified on water-transfer and appropriation authority. Argued it should rest with the state chief engineer and hearing panel. Said it should not rest with county regulation, except for domestic wells.

February 26, 2026

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026

Co-sponsored HB 2027, approved by the governor on April 18, 2023. It prevents distributing a decedent's assets to a person charged with feloniously killing them. The hold lasts until criminal proceedings end.

January 12, 2023

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 25, 2026