DECEMBER 3, 2018 1
Journal of the House
HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TOPEKA, KS, Monday, December 3, 2018, 10:00 a.m.
In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 46-142, those members elected at the General Election, November 6, 2018, convened at 10:00 a.m. The meeting was called to order by Bryan Caskey, Director of Elections, who presented the following certification. State of Kansas Secretary of State
I, KRIS W. KOBACH, 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. 2019.
District District 1st Michael Houser 26th Adam Thomas 2nd Kenneth Collins 27th Sean E. Tarwater, Sr. 3rd Monica Murnan 28th Kellie Warren 4th Trevor Jacobs 29th Brett Parker 5th Mark Samsel 30th Brandon Woodard 6th Jene Vickrey 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 Eileen Horn 35th Broderick Henderson 11th Jim Kelly 36th Kathy Wolfe Moore 12th Doug Blex 37th Stan Frownfelter 13th Larry P. Hibbard 38th Willie Dove 14th Charlotte Esau 39th Owen Donohoe 15th John Toplikar 40th David W. French 16th Cindy Holscher 41st Jeff Pittman 17th Tom Cox 42nd Jim Karleskint 18th Cindy Neighbor 43rd Bill Sutton 19th Stephanie S. Clayton 44th Barbara W. Ballard 20th Jan H. Kessinger 45th Mike Amyx 21st Jerry Stogsdill 46th Dennis "Boog" Highberger 22nd Nancy Lusk 47th Ronald B. Ellis 23rd Susan Ruiz 48th David L. Benson 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 Brenda S. Dietrich 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 J.C. Moore 57th John Alcala 94th Leo G. Delperdang 58th Vic Miller 95th Tom Sawyer 59th Blaine Finch 96th Brandon J. Whipple 60th Mark Schreiber 97th Nick J. Hoheisel 61st Francis Awerkamp 98th Ron Howard 62nd Randy Garber 99th Susan Humphries 63rd John R. Eplee 100th Daniel Hawkins 64th Susan “Suzi” L. Carlson 101st Joe Seiwert 65th Lonnie Clark 102nd Jason Probst 66th Sydney Carlin 103rd Ponka-We Victors 67th Tom Phillips 104th Paul Waggoner 68th Dave Baker 105th Brenda K. Landwehr 69th J.R. Claeys 106th Bill Pannbacker 70th John E. Barker 107th Susan L. Concannon 71st Diana Dierks 108th Steven Johnson 72nd Tim Hodge 109th Troy L. Waymaster 73rd Les Mason 110th Ken Rahjes 74th Stephen Owens 111th Barbara K. Wasinger 75th Will Carpenter 112th Tory Marie Arnberger 76th Eric L. Smith 113th Greg Lewis 77th Kristey S. Williams 114th Jack Thimesch 78th Ron Ryckman 115th Boyd Orr 79th Cheryl Helmer 116th Kyle D. Hoffman 80th Bill Rhiley 117th Leonard A. Mastroni 81st Blake Carpenter 118th Don Hineman 82nd Jesse Burris 119th Bradley Ralph 83rd Henry Helgerson 120th Adam Smith 84th Gail Finney 121st John Resman 85th Michael Capps 122nd J. Russell "Russ" Jennings 86th Jim Ward 123rd John P. Wheeler, Jr. 87th Renee Erickson 124th Martin “Marty” Long 125th Shannon Francis
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed my official seal this 3rd day of December, A.D. 2018. KRIS W. KOBACH Secretary of State Eric Rucker Assistant Secretary of State DECEMBER 3, 2018 3
122 members-elect were present. Assistant Secretary of State Bryan Caskey appointed Member-Elect Barker to serve as temporary chairperson. Mr. Barker announced the meeting would recess until the sound of the gavel for the respective party caucuses.
Mr. Barker called the meeting to order pursuant to recess. Majority Party Caucus Chairperson Susan Humphries submitted the following report: The members-elect of the majority party of the House of Representatives have met and caucused as required by K.S.A. 46-142, and: (a) Nominate as their candidate for the following offices for the next ensuing biennium: (1) Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ron Ryckman (2) Speaker Pro Tem of the House of Representatives, Blaine Finch (b) Select the following caucus or party officers: (1) Majority Leader, Dan Hawkins (2) Assistant Majority Leader, Les Mason (3) Majority Whip, Blake Carpenter (4) Caucus Chairperson, Susan Humphries
Minority Party Caucus Chairperson Barbara Ballard submitted the following report: The members-elect of the minority party of the House of Representatives have met and caucused as required by K.S.A. 46-142, and have selected the following caucus or party officers. (a) Minority Leader, Tom Sawyer (b) Assistant Minority Leader, Valdenia Winn (c) Minority Whip, Jim Gartner (d) Agenda Chairperson, Brett Parker (e) Caucus Chairperson, Barbara Ballard (f) Policy Chairperson, Eileen Horn
On motion of Member-Elect Hawkins the caucus reports were received and ordered entered into the Journal.
Mr. Barker declared the House adjourned until 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 14, 2019.
JENNY HAUGH, JULIA WERNER, Journal Clerks. SUSAN W. KANNARR, Chief Clerk.