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Representative or Senator Name 6425 SW 6th Avenue Topeka, KS 66615’ Kansas State Representatives

Legislator Name Special Notes and Contact Info

Committees: Transportation and Public Safety Budget; Insurance; Elections

Bio: Teacher in the Olathe School District

Contact Info: Room 451-S Phone: 785-296-5413| Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-29] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Health and Human Services; Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits; Federal and State Affairs

Contact Info: Room 451-S Phone: 785-296-7697| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Wyandotte County Rep. [35]

Committees: Elections Committee Chair; Veterans and Military; Social Services Budget; Joint Committee on Information Technology’; Government, Technology and Security

Bio: Software Engineer

Contact Info: Room 151-S Phone: 785-296-7688 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. Keith Esau [14] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Health and Human Services; Interstate Cooperation; Water and Environment

Contact Info: Room 173-W

Phone: 785-296-7659| Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Rep. [D-16]

Committees: General Government Budget; Agriculture

Contact Info: Room 43-S Phone: 785-296-7659 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Rep. [D-18]

Committees: Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State, Vice-Chair; Legislative Budget, Vice-Chair; Appropriations, Vice-Chair; Joint Committee of Corrections and Juvenile Justice; Taxation; 2016 Special Committee of Foster Care Adequacy Rules and Journal; Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Bio: Attorney

Contact Info: Room 151-S Phone: 785-296-7659 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [R-15] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Transportation and Public Safety Budget; Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Appropriations

Contact Info: Room 268-W Phone: 785-296-7436 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Rep. [R-20]

Committees: Children and Seniors, Ranking Minority Member; Joint Committee on Kansas Security; Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget; 2016 Special Committee on Foster Care Adequacy; Education

Bio: Paint Contractor

Contact Info: Room 452-S Phone: 785-296-7366 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-24] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Veterans and Military; Education; Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Bio: Real Estate Investor

Contact Info: Room 542-S Phone: 785-296-7692 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-21] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Transportation and Public Safety Budget; Government, Technology and Security; Corrections and Juvenile Justice

Bio: Educator Consultant

Contact Info: Room 268-W Phone: 785-296-7646 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. Joy Koesten [R-28] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Appropriations, Ranking Minority Member; Joint Committee of Special Claims Against the State; Taxation; Legislative Budget (House)

Bio: Business Director, Hospital

Contact Info: Room 47-S Phone: 785-296-0424 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-36] District Boundaries: Wyandotte County

Committees: Children and Seniors, Vice-Chair; Social Services Budget; Government, Technology and Security; Transportation

Bio: Freelance Writer and Editor

Contact Info: Room 187-N Phone: 785-296-7482 | Email: linda.gallagher@house,ks.gov

Rep. Linda Gallagher [R-23] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Federal and State Affairs, Ranking Minority Member; Joint Committee of Kansas Security; Taxation; Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Contact Info: Room 47-S Phone: 785-296-7885 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Wyandotte County Rep. [D-31]

Committees: Health and Human Services; Taxation; Government, Technology and Security

Bio: Diagnostic Radiologist

Contact Info: Room 519-N Phone: 785-296-7680 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. Abraham Rafie [R-48] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Federal and State Affairs; K-12 Education Budget; Education

Bio: Retired firm executive

Contact Info: Room 352-S Phone: 785-296-7680 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Rep. [R-25]

Committees: General Government Budget; Government, Technology and Security; Children and Seniors

Bio: Retired adjunct professor

Contact Info: Room 512-N Phone: 785-296-7636 | Email: mike.kiegerl@house,ks.gov Rep. [R-121] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations; Social Services Budget; Federal and State Affairs; K-12 Education Budget; 2016 Special Committee on Larned and Osawatomie State Hospitals

Bio: Small Business Owner

Contact Info: Room 54-S Phone: 785-296-7651 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-22] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Government, Technology and Security, Ranking Minority Member; Joint Committee on Information Technology; Judiciary; Elections; Children and Seniors

Bio: Community Relations; Chief of Staff for CEO of Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

Contact Info: Room 452-S Phone: 785-296-7430 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-32] District Boundaries: Wyandotte County

Committees: Local Government; Higher Education Budget; Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications, Children and Seniors

Contact Info: Room 206-A Phone: 785-296-7695 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Rep. Patty Markley [R-8]

Committees: Financial Institutions and Pensions, Vice- Chair; Health and Human Services; Insurance; Education

Bio: Financial Advisor

Contact Info: Room 459-W Phone: 785-296-5593 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. Randy Powell [R-30] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Interstate Cooperation, Chair; Calendar and Printing, Chair; Legislative Budget

Bio: Business Consultant/Contractor

Contact Info: Room 370-W Phone: 785-296-2302 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. Ron Ryckman [R-78] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Interstate Cooperation, Vice-Chair; Calendar and Printing; Legislative Budget (House); Rules and Journal; K-12 Education Budget; 2016 Special Committee on Patient Protections for Step Therapy

Bio: Healthcare Sales

Contact Info: Room 381-W Phone: 785-291-3500 | Email: Rep. [R-49] [email protected] Speaker Pro-Tem District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Veterans and Military; Transportation; Higher Education Budget

Contact Info: Room 519-N Phone: 785-296-7675 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County

Rep. Shelee Brim [R-39]

Committees: Calendar and Printing; Legislative Budget (House) Bio: Sales

Contact Info: Room 359-W Phone: 785-296-7630 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Wyandotte County Rep. [D-37]

Committees: Social Services Budget, Vice-Chair; Federal and State Affairs; Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Bio: Social Media Consultant

Contact Info: Room 512-N Phone: 785-296-7548 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Rep. [R-19]

Committees: General Government Budget, Ranking Minority Member; Legislative Post Audit Committee; Taxation; Appropriations

Bio: Ret. Colgate-Palmolive

Contact Info: Room 50-S Phone: 785-296-8153 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-33] District Boundaries: Wyandotte County

Committees: Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations; Local Government; Judiciary; Insurance; Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications

Bio: Vice President of Marketing - SPMI

Contact Info: Room 165-W Phone: 785-296-7331 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. Tom Cox [R-17] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Education, Ranking Minority Member; Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations; Capital Preservation; K-12 Education Budget

Bio: College Professor

Contact Info: Room 451-S Phone: 785-296-7657 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [D-34] District Boundaries: Wyandotte County

Committees: Insurance, Vice-Chair; Health and Human Service; 2016 Special Committee on Foster Care Adequacy; Financial Institutions and Pensions

Bio: Insurance Sales

Contact Info: Room 149-S Phone: 785-296-7677 | Email: [email protected]

Rep. [R-38] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Kansas State Senators

Committees: Public Health and Welfare, Vice-Chair; Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight; Education; Commerce

Bio: Retired Physician

Contact Info: Room 237-E Phone: 785-296-7390 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Sen. [R-7]

Committees: Judiciary, Ranking Minority Member; Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations; Ethics, Elections, and Local Government; Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State; 2016 Special Committee on Organization of Public Health Boards

Bio: Public Affairs Council

Contact Info: Room 459-W Phone: 785-296-7376 | Email: [email protected]

Sen. [D-4] District Boundaries: Wyandotte County

Committees: Ethics, Elections, and Local Government; Education; Joint Committee on Information Technology; Commerce

Bio: Chef

Contact Info: Room 237-E Phone: 785-296-7367 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Sen. [R-21]

Committees: Confirmation Oversight, Chair; KPERS Subcommittee, Ways and Means, Chair; 2016 Special Committee on Larned and Osawatomie State Hospitals, Chair; Organization, Calendar and Rules, Vice Chair; Social Services Subcommittee; Legislative and Elected Officials Subcommittee; Health Subcommittee; Legislative Coordinating Council; Assessment and Taxation; Ways and Means

Bio: Healthcare Administrator

Contact Info: Room 330-E Phone: 785-291-2497 | Email: [email protected] Sen. [R-8] District Boundaries: Johnson County Committees: Judicial Subcommittee, Ways and Means, Chair; Regulatory Boards and Commissions Subcommittee; Legislative and Elected Officials Subcommittee; General Government Subcommittee; Education Subcommittee, Ways and Means; Joint Committee on State Building Construction; Utilities; Transportation; Ways and Means

Bio: Business Development Officer

Contact Info: Room 124-E Phone: 785-296-7301| Email: [email protected] Sen. [R-11] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Commerce, Chair; Judiciary, Vice-Chair; Legislative Post Audit Committee; Utilities; Assessment and Taxation

Bio: Business Owner Technology Services

Contact Info: Room 445-S Phone: 785-296-7382 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Johnson County Sen. Julia Lynn [R-9]

Committees: Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight; Ethics, Elections, and Local Government; Commerce; Judiciary

Bio: Retired Software Engineer and Publisher

Contact Info: Room 234-E Phone: 785-296-7362 | Email: [email protected]

Sen. Mary Plicher-Cook [R-10] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Education, Chair; Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight; Commerce; 2016 Special Committee on Foster Care Adequacy; Judiciary

Bio: Professor at Johnson County Community College

Contact Info: Room 224-E Phone: 785-296-7368 | Email: [email protected]

Sen. [R-37] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Transportation, Ranking Minority Member; Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations; Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight; Education; Joint Committee on Kansas Security; Public Health and Welfare; Judiciary

Bio: Retired Educator

Contact Info: Room 125-E Phone: 785-296-7375 | Email: [email protected]

Sen. [D-23] District Boundaries: Wyandotte County

Committees: Utilities, Chair; Legislative Post Audit Committee, Vice- Chair; Commerce, 2016 Special Committee on Foster Care Adequacy; Federal and State Affairs; Financial Institutions and Insurance

Bio: Banker/Real Estate

Contact Info: Room 236-E Phone: 785-296-7358| Email: [email protected]

Sen. Rob Olson [R-23] District Boundaries: Johnson County

Committees: Insurance, Vice-Chair; Health and Human Service; 2016 Special Committee on Foster Care Adequacy; Financial Institutions and Pensions

Contact Info: Room 124-E Phone: 785-296-7357 | Email: [email protected]

District Boundaries: Wyandotte County Sen. {R-5]