Patrick Schmidt, Patrick

Sponsored bills

• SB218: Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees
• SB216: Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act
• SB215: Excluding social security payments from household income and increasing the household income and appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead claims
• SB201: Providing for a homestead property tax exemption for certain veterans and former law enforcement officers with service-connected disabilities (primary sponsor)
• SB200: Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof
• SB153: Establishing the Kansas paid prenatal personal leave act requiring employers to provide 20 hours of paid prenatal personal leave (primary sponsor)
• SB152: Establishing a property tax valuation appeal process to the board of county commissioners for certain residential and commercial real property and providing for the purchase of the property by the county under certain conditions (primary sponsor)
• SB90: Providing for a property tax exemption from local government levies to the extent of the first $100,000 of appraised value for certain owner-occupied homes and authorizing local governments to propose a ballot question to opt out of such property tax exemption (primary sponsor)
• SR1735: Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawk Theatre
• SR1720: A resolution congratulating and commending the 2024-2025 Washburn University men's basketball team for an outstanding season and qualification for the Final Four of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
• SR1706: Condemning the pardons and commutations of sentences for those individuals involved in the attack at the United States capitol building on January 6, 2021 (primary sponsor)
• SR1717: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025
• SR1715: Recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the capitol
• SR1714: Recognizing the members of the Kansas Task Force 1 for their outstanding efforts as responders during Hurricanes Helene and Milton
• SCR1614: Urging the United States Congress to increase the penalties for violations of federal immigration laws and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute employers who hire undocumented immigrants
• SR1711: Honoring Michael Young for his outstanding work and contribution to our state as a talented artist and proud Kansas native
• SCR1609: Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations