Cindy Holscher

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, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Voted Yea in the Kansas House on final action for HB 2066, the KanCare Bridge to a Healthy Kansas program expanding Medicaid eligibility in Kansas; the bill passed the House 69-54.

March 21, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

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, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

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, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

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, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

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, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Voted against overriding the governor's veto of a gun bill that widened concealed-carry recognition and restored gun rights after expungement. The override passed the Kansas Senate 31-8 (House Bill 2058).

May 3, 2021Supports Gun Control

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes endorsed her for governor, calling her a committed advocate for reproductive rights.

August 11, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org · researched September 5, 2026

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, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

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, 2025Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Voted against overriding the governor's veto of a tax bill setting a single 5.25% income tax rate, cutting corporate taxes, and ending the food sales tax credit. The override failed 26-14 (Senate Bill 169).

April 26, 2023Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Voted in the Kansas House to override Governor Sam Brownback's veto of Senate Bill 30, a tax law changing Kansas income tax rates, itemised deductions and credits along with sales tax collection. The override prevailed 88-31 on June 6, 2017, so the bill became law over the governor's objection.

June 6, 2017Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

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, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Voted against overriding the governor's veto of a law requiring restrooms and locker rooms in public buildings to be set aside by sex at birth. The law also orders corrected driver's licenses and birth certificates. The override passed 31-9 (House Substitute for Senate Bill 244).

February 17, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Voted against overriding Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a ban on gender-transition care for minors (Senate Bill 63). The Senate override passed 31-9 in February 2025.

February 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Voted against overriding the governor's veto of an elections law barring election offices from taking private funding, limiting how many advance ballots one person may deliver, requiring matching signatures on advance ballots, and ending the secretary of state's power to extend the ballot receipt deadline. The override passed 28-12, so the law took effect (House Bill 2183).

May 3, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026

Gov. Laura Kelly endorsed her for governor the day after she won the Democratic primary. Kelly had backed a different candidate, Sen. Ethan Corson, before the primary.

August 5, 2026

Source: wibw.com · researched September 5, 2026

Served as Kansas Senate Minority Whip and as ranking minority member of the Senate committees on Government Efficiency and on Public Health and Welfare during the 2025-2026 term. Served in the Kansas House from 2017 to 2020 and has served in the Senate since 2021.

July 23, 2026

Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026