Ethan Corson
Democratic · KS · Kansas State Senator, District 7
Ethan Corson is a Kansas state senator representing District 7 and Senate Caucus Chair. An attorney and former Kansas Democratic Party executive director, he is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 314, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Substitute for SB 29, which stripped county and joint boards of health and local health officers of authority to issue disease-control orders; the override prevailed 31-9.
April 10, 2025For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 1 record
Voted Yea on Senate Roll Call 289, adopting the conference committee report on SB 20, the Kansas Consumer Prescription Protection and Accountability Act regulating and registering pharmacy benefits managers; the report was adopted 32-8.
March 24, 2026For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 1 record
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 375, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 391, which barred cities and counties from enacting ordinances requiring landlords to lease to tenants based on source of income such as housing vouchers; the override prevailed 31-8.
April 9, 2026For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 1 record
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 317, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 79, which directed the Secretary for Children and Families to seek a federal waiver restricting the food items purchasable with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; the override prevailed 29-11.
April 10, 2025For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 1 record
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 374, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 361, electing Kansas participation in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations; the override prevailed 29-10.
April 9, 2026For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Gun Control
· 1 record
Voted Nay in the Kansas Senate on the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of HB 2058, the firearms bill reducing underlying felonies for criminal possession of a weapon and extending concealed carry licensing and reciprocity provisions; the override prevailed 31-8.
May 3, 2021For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 3 records
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 319, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of HB 2062, which authorized child support orders for unborn children dating from conception and covering direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses; the override prevailed 31-9.
April 10, 2025For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 322, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Substitute for HB 2382, which required school districts to show students a fetal development presentation including ultrasound video and computer-generated animation; the override prevailed 31-9.
April 10, 2025For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 289, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of HB 2749, which required medical care facilities and providers to report to the Secretary of Health and Environment the reason for each abortion performed; the override prevailed 27-10.
April 29, 2024For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Personal Income Tax Reduction
· 2 records
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 315, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 269, which tied future individual income tax and privilege tax rate reductions to state revenues exceeding estimates; the override prevailed 30-10.
April 10, 2025Against
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 294, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Substitute for SB 169, which set a single 5.25% individual income tax rate, cut the corporate normal tax and privilege tax, and discontinued the food sales tax credit; the override failed 26-14.
April 26, 2023Against
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Civil Rights
· 7 records
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 386, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of HB 2437, the Save Kansas Act directing additional resources and data matching for verifying voter registration records; the override prevailed 28-11.
April 9, 2026For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 53, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Substitute for SB 244, which required multiple-occupancy private spaces such as restrooms and locker rooms in public buildings to be designated by biological sex; the override prevailed 31-9.
February 17, 2026For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 251, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 4, which eliminated the three-day grace period and required advance voting ballots to be returned by 7:00 p.m. on election day; the override prevailed 30-10.
March 25, 2025For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 40, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 63, the Help Not Harm Act restricting state funds used to promote gender transitioning and prohibiting gender transition care for children; the override prevailed 31-9.
February 18, 2025For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 269, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Substitute for SB 233, the Forbidding Abuse Child Transitions Act barring healthcare providers from providing gender transition care to minors and creating a civil cause of action against providers; the override prevailed 27-13.
April 29, 2024For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay on Senate Roll Call 295, the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 180, the Women's Bill of Rights defining biological sex for purposes of statutory construction; the override prevailed 28-12.
April 26, 2023For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted Nay in the Kansas Senate on the motion to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of HB 2183, the elections bill that barred election officials from receiving private election funding, limited how many advance ballots one person may deliver, required matching signatures on advance ballots, and removed the Secretary of State's authority to extend the ballot receipt deadline; the override prevailed 28-12.
May 3, 2021For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
General
· 2 records
Served as Kansas Senate Democratic Caucus Chair and as ranking minority member of the Senate Committees on Assessment and Taxation, Judiciary, and Transportation during the 2025-2026 biennium, having represented Senate District 7 in Johnson County since 2021, as listed on his official Kansas Legislature member page verified on this date.
July 23, 2026
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Co-sponsored SB 359 as one of its original sponsors and served as a Senate conferee on the bill; the distinctive license plate act, which authorized Kansas City Chiefs, Sporting Kansas City, Sedgwick County Zoo, Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Current, Topeka Zoo, Support the Troops and First City of Kansas plates, was approved by the Governor and became law.
April 22, 2024
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Elections
- Governor / Lieutenant Governor · August 4, 2026 · Kansas
Profile last researched July 23, 2026.