Ethan Corson, Ethan

Sponsored bills

• SB479: Authorizing comprehensive wellness programs for the Kansas highway patrol and Kansas bureau of investigation, permitting law enforcement personnel of other state agencies to participate in such programs and making annual transfers from the state highway fund and the state general fund for the purpose of financing the implementation of such programs (primary sponsor)
• SB478: Creating a maximum length of time for an agreement between a utility and law enforcement to install law enforcement equipment on a utility pole or structure and increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee (primary sponsor)
• SB477: Establishing the Kansas first responder scholarship program to provide postsecondary tuition assistance to certain first responders and dependents of such first responders (primary sponsor)
• SB456: Creating the Kansas law enforcement trust fund, establishing the purposes and requirements for such fund and making a transfer from the state general fund to such fund during FY 2027 (primary sponsor)
• SB455: Restoring homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims (primary sponsor)
• SB378: Providing a one-time, nonrefundable vehicle registration property tax credit for eligible vehicles (primary sponsor)
• SB313: Prohibiting members of the legislature from engaging in transactions involving stocks and other securities during legislative sessions (primary sponsor)
• SB311: Eliminating state income tax on certain qualified overtime compensation (primary sponsor)
• SB309: Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy (primary sponsor)
• SB308: Prohibiting members of the legislature from lobbying for a period of four years after leaving office (primary sponsor)
• SB302: Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes
• SB220: Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws
• SB218: Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees (primary sponsor)
• SB217: Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy (primary sponsor)
• 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 (primary sponsor)
• 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 (primary sponsor)
• SB202: Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS
• 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