House Preorganization Journal
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DECEMBER 7, 2020 1 Journal of the House HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TOPEKA, KS, Monday, December 7, 2020, 10:00 a.m. In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 46-142, Catherine Gunsalus, Assistant Secretary of State, called the pre-organizational meeting of the 2021 Session of the Kansas Legislature to order. The roll was called by Ms. Gunsalus from the list of members-elect as certified by the State Board of Canvassers: State of Kansas Secretary of State I, SCOTT SCHWAB, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following persons were elected members of the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas for a two year term beginning on the second Monday of January, A.D. 2021. District District 1st Michael Houser 26th Adam T. Thomas 2nd Kenneth Collins 27th Sean E. Tarwater, Sr. 3rd Charles (Chuck) Smith 28th Carl Turner 4th Trevor Jacobs 29th Brett Parker 5th Mark Samsel 30th Brandon Woodard 6th Samantha M. Poetter 31st Louis E. Ruiz 7th Richard J. Proehl 32nd Pam Curtis 8th Chris Croft 33rd Tom Burroughs 9th Kent L. Thompson 34th Valdenia C. Winn 10th Christina Haswood 35th Broderick Henderson 11th Jim Kelly 36th Kathy Wolfe Moore 12th Doug Blex 37th Aaron Coleman 13th Joe Newland 38th Timothy H. Johnson 14th Charlotte Esau 39th Owen Donohoe 15th John Toplikar 40th David W. French 16th Linda Featherston 41st Pat Proctor 17th Jo Ella Hoye 42nd Lance W. Neelly 18th Cindy Neighbor 43rd Bill Sutton 19th Stephanie Sawyer Clayton 44th Barbara W. Ballard 20th Mari-Lynn Poskin 45th Mike Amyx 21st Jerry Stogsdill 46th Dennis "Boog" Highberger 22nd Lindsay Vaughn 47th Ronald B. Ellis 23rd Susan Ruiz 48th Jennifer Day 24th Jarrod Ousley 49th Megan Lynn 25th Rui Xu 50th Fred C. Patton 2 JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE District District 51st Ron Highland 88th Elizabeth Bishop 52nd Jesse Borjon 89th KC Ohaebosim 53rd Jim Gartner 90th Steve Huebert 54th Ken Corbet 91st Emil M. Bergquist 55th Annie Kuether 92nd John Carmichael 56th Virgil Weigel 93rd Brian Bergkamp 57th John Alcala 94th Leo G. Delperdang 58th Vic Miller 95th Tom Sawyer 59th Blaine Finch 96th Tom Kessler 60th Mark Schreiber 97th Nick Hoheisel 61st Francis Awerkamp 98th Ron Howard 62nd Randy Garber 99th Susan Humphries 63rd John R. Eplee 100th Daniel Hawkins 64th Suzi Carlson 101st Joe Seiwert 65th Lonnie G. Clark 102nd Jason Probst 66th Sydney Carlin 103rd Ponka-We Victors 67th Mike Dodson 104th Paul M. Waggoner 68th Dave Baker 105th Brenda Landwehr 69th Clarke Sanders 106th Lisa M. Moser 70th John E. Barker 107th Susan L. Concannon 71st Steven K. Howe 108th Steven Johnson 72nd Avery Anderson 109th Troy L. Waymaster 73rd Les Mason 110th Ken Rahjes 74th Stephen Owens 111th Barb Wasinger 75th Will Carpenter 112th Tory Marie Arnberger 76th Eric L. Smith 113th Brett Fairchild 77th Kristey S. Williams 114th Michael Murphy 78th Ron Ryckman 115th Boyd Orr 79th Cheryl Helmer 116th Kyle D. Hoffman 80th Bill Rhiley 117th Leonard A. Mastroni 81st Blake Carpenter 118th Jim Minnix 82nd Jesse Burris 119th Bradley C. Ralph 83rd Henry Helgerson 120th Adam Smith 84th Gail Finney 121st John Resman 85th Patrick Penn 122nd J. Russell "Russ" Jennings 86th Stephanie Byers 123rd John P. Wheeler, Jr. 87th Susan Oliver Estes 124th Marty Long 125th Shannon Francis IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed my official seal this 7th day of December, A.D. 2020. SCOTT SCHWAB Secretary of State CATHERINE E. GUNSALUS Assistant Secretary of State DECEMBER 7, 2020 3 Assistant Secretary of State, Catherine Gunsalus, appointed Member-Elect Barker to serve as temporary chairperson. Mr. Barker announced that in accordance with K.S.A. 42-142 upon adjournment, the majority and minority parties will caucus and nominate their candidates for Speaker and Speaker pro tem for the next term and select their majority leader, minority leader and other caucus or party officers. Mr. Barker declared: “There being no further business, the meeting is adjourned. The House will convene on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 2:00 p.m..” JENNY HAUGH, JULIA WERNER, Journal Clerks. SUSAN W. KANNARR, Chief Clerk. Subsequent to adjournment, the members-elect of the majority party met and caucused as required by KSA 46-142. The caucus nominated Ron Ryckman as Speaker of the House of Representatives and Blaine Finch as Speaker Pro Tem of the House of Representatives. The following caucus or party officers were selected: Majority Leader, Dan Hawkins Assistant Majority Leader, Les Mason Majority Whip, Blake Carpenter Caucus Chair, Ken Rahjes Also, the members-elect of the minority party met and caucused as required by KSA 46-142, and selected the following caucus or party officers: Minority Leader, Tom Sawyer Assistant Minority Leader, Jason Probst Minority Whip, Stephanie Clayton Agenda Chairperson, Brandon Woodard Caucus Chairperson, Barbara Ballard Policy Chairperson, Rui Xu.