Laura Williams
Republican · KS · Kansas State Representative, District 30
Laura Williams has served in the Kansas House since 2023 and is vice chair of its Judiciary Committee. She owns a digital marketing agency and focuses on lowering the cost of living and supporting small businesses and job growth.
Where Laura Williams stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Labor Rights (3 records),
Opposes
Gun Control (1 record), Women's Reproductive Rights (2 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 7 oppose), Housing Affordability (1 support · 1 oppose),
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Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Voted for HB 2313, barring DeepSeek and other designated AI platforms from state devices and networks.
March 7, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2296, proposing no cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast-cancer examinations under certain health plans.
February 5, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2689, proposing no cost sharing for covered diagnostic breast examinations.
February 5, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted to override the governor’s veto of SB 29, removing county health boards’ authority to prohibit public gatherings.
April 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2487, granting limited drug-offense immunity when someone seeks medical assistance for a drug emergency.
February 22, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 3 support
Voted for HB 2602, establishing voluntary portable-benefit plans for independent contractors.
February 18, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for SB 430, expanding specified workers’ compensation protections, including coverage for Kansas National Guard members.
March 27, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2659, proposing to transfer teachers from KPERS 3 to the KPERS 2 retirement plan.
February 1, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Voted to adopt the HB 2134 conference report limiting certain charges for Kansas open-records requests.
March 27, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Voted to adopt the HB 2045 conference report consolidating early-childhood services and changing child-care licensing rules.
April 11, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Testified in support of HB 2294, advocating consolidated child-care oversight and revised licensing to expand access.
February 27, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 7 oppose
Voted against the HB 2434 substitute making fiscal 2026 supplemental and future-year state appropriations.
February 26, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the SB 24 conference report expanding Kansas Promise Scholarship eligibility and annual funding.
March 27, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for the HB 2007 substitute making supplemental fiscal 2025 and future-year state appropriations.
February 19, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the SB 28 conference report making supplemental and future-year state appropriations.
April 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for SB 430, expanding specified workers’ compensation protections, including coverage for Kansas National Guard members.
March 27, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2567, proposing a Kansas National Guard master’s-degree tuition program.
February 28, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the SB 113 conference report appropriating education funds and establishing a school mental-health intervention program.
April 28, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the HB 2184 conference report making state agency appropriations for fiscal years 2023–28.
April 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Voted for HB 2688, making nondisclosure agreements unenforceable in child-sexual-abuse and trafficking disputes.
February 19, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2177, increasing penalties for repeat fleeing or attempting to elude police.
February 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the HB 2350 conference report creating human-smuggling crimes and penalties.
April 7, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2127, allowing childhood sexual abuse prosecutions at any time and extending civil filing periods.
February 23, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for HB 2497, limiting prepayment penalties on qualifying home loans after six months.
February 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2504, barring local governments from requiring landlords to rent to applicants using housing vouchers.
February 18, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 10 support · 1 oppose
Voted to adopt the SB 84 conference report creating supported decision-making agreements for adults with disabilities.
March 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against HB 2738, directing a SNAP waiver request to bar candy and soft-drink purchases with benefits.
February 19, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2504, barring local governments from requiring landlords to rent to applicants using housing vouchers.
February 18, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2602, establishing voluntary portable-benefit plans for independent contractors.
February 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2637, requiring eligible school boards to consider federal community-eligibility school meals with a hardship exception.
February 3, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the HB 2045 conference report consolidating early-childhood services and changing child-care licensing rules.
April 11, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against SB 79, which directed Kansas to seek a SNAP waiver to prohibit buying candy and soft drinks with benefits.
March 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Testified in support of HB 2294, advocating consolidated child-care oversight and revised licensing to expand access.
February 27, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for SB 430, expanding specified workers’ compensation protections, including coverage for Kansas National Guard members.
March 27, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2567, proposing a Kansas National Guard master’s-degree tuition program.
February 28, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2659, proposing to transfer teachers from KPERS 3 to the KPERS 2 retirement plan.
February 1, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 7 support
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2637, requiring eligible school boards to consider federal community-eligibility school meals with a hardship exception.
February 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the SB 24 conference report expanding Kansas Promise Scholarship eligibility and annual funding.
March 27, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for SB 438, establishing a Kansas literacy plan and literacy advisory committee.
March 27, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against HB 2521, an alternative teacher-certification bill; her House-journal explanation cited teacher qualifications and student interests.
March 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Joined the original sponsors of HB 2567, proposing a Kansas National Guard master’s-degree tuition program.
February 28, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the SB 113 conference report appropriating education funds and establishing a school mental-health intervention program.
April 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt HCR 5004, urging Congress to fully fund federal special education obligations.
February 16, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
Voted to adopt the SB 116 conference report removing state fees for concealed-handgun licenses.
April 5, 2023Opposes Gun Control
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 oppose
Voted for HB 2749, requiring abortion providers and facilities to report a reason for each abortion.
March 7, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the HB 2264 conference report requiring medication-abortion reversal notices.
April 7, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted for HB 2614, requiring election officers to record who delivers another voter’s advance ballot.
February 22, 2024Supports Election Integrity
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 support
Voted to adopt the HB 2036 conference report reducing individual income taxes and expanding exemptions.
April 6, 2024Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the SB 169 conference report lowering individual income-tax rates and expanding deductions.
April 6, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 7 support · 5 oppose
Voted to adopt the SB 84 conference report creating supported decision-making agreements for adults with disabilities.
March 27, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2688, making nondisclosure agreements unenforceable in child-sexual-abuse and trafficking disputes.
February 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against HB 2503, which repealed Kansas’s mail-ballot election act.
February 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2453, moving the advance-ballot application deadline earlier and shortening in-person advance voting.
February 18, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against HB 2448, which required citizenship status to appear on driver’s licenses.
February 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for the SB 244 House substitute restricting multi-occupancy spaces in public buildings by statutory sex designation.
January 28, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against overriding the governor’s veto of SB 4, which required mailed advance ballots to arrive by 7 p.m. on election day.
March 25, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for SB 63, the Help Not Harm Act restricting gender-transition care for minors.
January 31, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to adopt the SB 233 conference report restricting gender-transition care for minors.
March 27, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted against HB 2516, which raised petition-signature requirements for independent statewide candidates.
February 22, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted to override the governor’s veto of SB 180, defining biological sex for Kansas statutes.
April 27, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2127, allowing childhood sexual abuse prosecutions at any time and extending civil filing periods.
February 23, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 4 support
Voted to adopt the SB 20 conference report regulating pharmacy-benefit managers under a consumer prescription-protection act.
March 23, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2497, limiting prepayment penalties on qualifying home loans after six months.
February 18, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2700, requiring manufacturers to provide digital-equipment owners with repair parts and documentation.
February 18, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Voted for HB 2515, imposing consumer-protection requirements on virtual-currency kiosk operators.
February 5, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Race Laura Williams is in:
- Kansas State Representative District 30 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 30; Kansas · incumbent
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.