Kansas House Democrats

The next meeting of our Healthy Kansas Advocacy Community is TOMORROW! Come meet with other Medicaid expansion advocates to talk about how you can make a difference in your community and get your questions answered!
Get the Zoom link➡https://expandkancare.com/event/july-10-24-hkac/

The primary election is coming up on August 6! The deadline to register is July 16. Check your voter status or register to vote here: ksvotes.org.

Happy 🔴⚫️🟢🟡Juneteenth🟡🟢⚫🔴! Today we celebrate Freedom Day for * ALL * Americans. Even though we observe the end of slavery on this day, we recognize and stand with many of our peers who continue to fight for their freedom, inclusion, and equity. I'm here for it. 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻

Let’s talk tax packages, STAR bonds and whatever else is on your mind!

We’ll bring treats!
Cindy Holscher for Kansas
Mari-Lynn Poskin for Kansas
Representative Dan Osman - Kansas District 48
Heather Meyer for Kansas House
Kansas Representative Stephanie Clayton

In Case You Missed It: Kansas House Democrats File Record-Breaking Candidates in 2024 Election

As of noon yesterday, Kansas House Democrats have candidates in 92 districts filed to run for State Representative. The House Democrats filed candidates in more districts than any election in recent history. There are 19 House Democratic seats without Republican opposition.

It is always inspiring to spend time with my colleagues at an event like the Interfaith Action Banquet last week. It is my honor to work with these smart women of faith and compassion.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! You are amazing and are appreciated!

Check out KC Ohaebosim Kansas State Representative 89th District on PBS’s Kansas Week! 👏

Kansas Week 5/03/24 Journalist and host Pilar Pedraza and guests discuss the big stories in Kansas each week.

May 5, 2024, is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness Day. Native folks have some of the highest rates of violence so we must do all we can to create policies to address MMIP.

In 2001, the passed KS training.
🔗: https://loom.ly/4I-DtG8

This year, I introduced

🔺HB 2649 - Requiring the attorney general to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees relating to coordinated law enforcement agency training regarding MMIP

🔗: https://loom.ly/luu7mCs

I have also been following up with law enforcement and working with our community to figure what else we can do. We had a heart breaking lost in our community so there is more work to be done.

I had the great privilege of speaking to some KU J-School Students today!

My team and I spoke to them about our communications strategy, how we utilize social media, and engaging my constituents and community!

Thank you to everyone for the questions and for welcoming me today!

From House Democratic Leader Vic Miller in the Topeka Capital-Journal, "Kansas faces a pressing issue that demands immediate attention: the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) waiver waitlist.

Kansans with disabilities and their families have been forced to endure a bureaucratic nightmare, navigating an arduous waitlist for essential services that can and will significantly improve their quality of life. As a community, we cannot afford to turn a blind eye to this crisis any longer."

'We cannot afford to turn a blind eye': Call to reduce Kansas' disability waiver waitlist The Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities waiver waitlist isn't just a list of names; it represents real people with serious needs.

This is my signature on the conference committee report for SB 458. Civil asset forfeiture reform in Kansas.

The has done it. We’re going to pass it through both chambers later this evening.

https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/02/kansas-house-deflects-bid-to-revise-state-statute-declaring-marriage-as-union-of-man-woman/

Kansas House deflects bid to revise state statute declaring marriage as union of man, woman • Kansas Reflector Kansas House votes down motion to advance a bill stripping from statute language rejecting same-sex marriage contrary to U.S. Supreme Court precedent.