Cindy Holscher, Cindy

Sponsored bills

• SB486: Creating a civil cause of action for violations of the constitution or laws of the United States by any person acting under the color of law (primary sponsor)
• SB485: Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing, providing for the sealing and expungement of court records in eviction actions related to such rental agreements and requiring mediation in such eviction cases unless the court finds that mediation would not aid the parties materially (primary sponsor)
• SB484: Moving marijuana from schedule I to schedule III of the uniform controlled substances act (primary sponsor)
• SB483: Requiring all legislators and the spouses of legislators who are in leadership positions to disclose the amount of any salary they receive paid by public funds, providing that such information be published on the legislative website and requiring such information be provided in statements of substantial interest (primary sponsor)
• SB471: Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $16 an hour and making such minimum wage applicable to employers and employees covered under the provisions of the federal fair labor standards act (primary sponsor)
• SB469: Enacting the safe and transparent arrest act to require all law enforcement agencies operating in Kansas to adopt a written policy regarding the use of facial coverings and prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties except as expressly authorized by law (primary sponsor)
• SB468: Repealing the prohibition on municipal establishment of guaranteed income programs (primary sponsor)
• SB467: Enacting the use of artificial intelligence in medical decisions transparency act and requiring that all medical necessity determinations be made by a competent licensed physician or healthcare professional (primary sponsor)
• SB420: Enacting the Holocaust education act to require school districts to provide instruction on Holocaust education and awareness as part of the social studies curriculum for students in grades six through 12 (primary sponsor)
• SB389: Providing a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products, diapers and incontinence products (primary sponsor)
• SB388: Setting a maximum fee for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act (primary sponsor)
• SB347: Terminating the secretary of state's authority to appoint election commissioners and transferring the jurisdiction, powers and duties for conducting elections in counties with an election commissioner to the county clerk for such county (primary sponsor)
• SB220: Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws
• 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
• 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
• SB195: Establishing the property tax task force that shall study the property tax system in Kansas and develop recommendations and suggest improvements to law
• SB189: Providing injured employees the freedom of choice to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation
• SB144: Invalidating restrictive covenants that limit or prohibit the installation of solar panels and allowing the adoption of reasonable rules by homeowners associations concerning solar panels (primary sponsor)