Nick Reinecker

Testified against Senate Bill 264, which set up a Kansas fund fed by opioid lawsuit money. He told the Senate Ways and Means Committee the bill's language reached past opioid addiction and grew government.

March 24, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Opposed House Bill 2487, which gave immunity from drug charges to people seeking medical help during an overdose. He argued Kansas either treats drug possession as a crime or stops calling it one.

January 25, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Opposed House Bill 2329, which added prison time for carrying a gun during a drug felony. He argued cannabis is a crop with food and industrial uses, not a controlled substance.

February 14, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Opposed House Bill 2215, which created the crime of using a drug-masking product. He asked the House Judiciary Committee to scale the penalty to the conduct instead of one blanket misdemeanor.

February 6, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Testified against House Bill 2031 in a Kansas House committee. The bill's list of violent felonies took in cannabis possession crimes. He asked lawmakers to strike cannabis offenses from that list.

January 25, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Supported House Bill 2673, which barred candy and soft drinks from Kansas food assistance. He cited 16 years managing a restaurant and called the change good stewardship of taxpayer money.

February 13, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Supported Senate Bill 381, which requires Kansas students to pass a civics exam and study communist regimes. He testified that teaching the founding documents protects individual liberty.

February 11, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Supported Senate Bill 503, which lifted the Kansas criminal ban on firearm suppressors and short-barreled guns. He told senators that federal firearm regulation has no founding-era tradition behind it.

March 2, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Opposed House Concurrent Resolution 5006, a proposed Kansas gun rights amendment. He argued its strict scrutiny standard gave judges room to uphold restrictions on the right.

February 5, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Opposed House Bill 2052, which updated who qualifies for a Kansas concealed carry license. He told the House committee one eligibility section conflicted with the Second Amendment.

January 29, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Opposed House Bill 2329, which added prison time for carrying a gun during a drug felony. He argued cannabis is a crop with food and industrial uses, not a controlled substance.

February 14, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched August 1, 2026

Opposed House Bill 2407, which dropped the parental consent requirement for certain school tests and surveys. He told the House child welfare committee the bill disabled parental consent and invited deception.

February 20, 2023Supports Data Privacy

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Opposed Senate Bill 497, which added kratom to the Kansas Schedule I drug list. He told the Senate health committee that banning natural plants such as kratom and cannabis harms Kansans.

February 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Opposed House Bill 2765, the 2026 update to the Kansas drug schedules. He testified that cannabis prohibition is harmful and that the plant has food, fiber and therapeutic uses.

February 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Opposed Senate Bill 248, which sent hemp producers' criminal background checks to the state fire marshal. He testified that policing hemp growers this way clashes with self-reliance and individual rights.

January 20, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Testified to a Senate committee that cannabis, in every form, belongs off the Kansas controlled substances list. He asked lawmakers to end criminal penalties for possessing the plant.

March 5, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Presented to the Kansas Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight. He criticized using the DSM-5 manual to label children's behavior. He again asked the state to take cannabis off its drug schedule.

October 4, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Gave neutral testimony on a Kansas industrial hemp licensing bill, Substitute for House Bill 2168. He objected to fingerprinting and background checks for a Kansan growing hemp for personal use.

March 15, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Opposed House Bill 2033, on referring juveniles to crisis intervention centers. He told a Senate committee the term behavioral health crisis was written too broadly and risked wrongful detention.

March 6, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched August 1, 2026

Opposed House Bill 2211, which created a homeland security office under the Kansas adjutant general. He called the plan federal overreach and said he had asked instead for a bill reactivating the Kansas State Guard.

February 7, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Opposed Senate Bill 307, which let for-profit companies qualify for Kansas opioid settlement grants. He warned senators about patient brokering and about profit-taking from drug testing.

March 21, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched August 1, 2026

Worked as a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician and certified nurse aide. He has managed a restaurant in Inman for the last 18 years.

July 17, 2026

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Supported Senate Concurrent Resolution 1611, which put direct election of Kansas Supreme Court justices before voters. He testified that electing justices keeps the choice with Kansans instead of the governor.

February 25, 2025

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched August 1, 2026

Testified as a neutral conferee to the Kansas Special Committee on Medical Marijuana. He argued that Kansas statutes never define the word medical, which makes marijuana rules arbitrary.

October 16, 2024

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Opposed House Bill 2750, which allowed expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections. He told the House health committee it let a 16-year-old get medication without a parent's consent.

February 12, 2024

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched August 1, 2026