Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee, Kansas State Legislature

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The Administrative Rules and Regulations Joint Committee is a standing committee of the Kansas State Legislature.

Joint committees of the Kansas State Legislature are made up of members from the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas State Senate. According to the Kansas Legislative Research Department, joint conference committees usually include three members each from the House and Senate. Regarding joint statutory committees, the membership, appointment process, and duties are defined by the statute establishing the committee.

See rules: Joint House and Senate Rules

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
John Carmichael Ranking Minority Member Tom Sawyer Oletha Faust-Goudeau Marci Francisco Valdenia Winn	Barbara Wasinger Chair Kellie Warren Vice Chair Bill Sutton Mike Thompson Caryn Tyson Ken Corbet Paul Waggoner

2023-2024 legislative session

Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
John Carmichael Oletha Faust-Goudeau Marci Francisco Tom Sawyer Valdenia Winn	Barbara Wasinger Chair Kellie Warren Vice Chair Carolyn McGinn Caryn Tyson Patrick Penn Bill Sutton Paul Waggoner

2021-2022 legislative session

Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
John Carmichael Ranking Minority Member Ethan Corson Oletha Faust-Goudeau Annie Kuether Valdenia Winn	Barbara Wasinger Chair Kellie Warren Vice Chair Carolyn McGinn Caryn Tyson Joe Newland Bill Sutton Paul Waggoner

2019-2020 legislative session

Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (6)	Third-party members(0)
John Carmichael Ranking minority member Oletha Faust-Goudeau Mary Ware Annie Kuether Valdenia Winn	Ron Highland Chair Carolyn McGinn Caryn Tyson Bill Sutton Barbara Wasinger Tom Cox

Mary Pilcher-Cook (R, Vice Chair) left this committee on January 16, 2020.

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Administrative Rules and Regulations Members, 2017
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (7)
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau	• Ron Highland, Chair
• Tom Hawk	• Vicki Schmidt, Vice chair
• John Carmichael	• Carolyn McGinn
• Jim Ward	• Caryn Tyson
• Valdenia Winn	• Tom Cox
	• Steve Huebert
	• Bill Sutton

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Administrative Rules and Regulations Members, 2015
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (7)
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau	• Sharon Schwartz, Chair
• Tom Hawk	• Vicki Schmidt, Vice Chair
• Ed Trimmer	• Garrett Love
• Jim Ward	• Ralph Ostmeyer
• Valdenia Winn	• Steve Huebert
	• Jerry Lunn
	• Janice Pauls

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Administrative Rules and Regulations Members, 2011
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (7)
• Allen Schmidt	• Carl Holmes, Chair
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau	• Vicki Schmidt, Vice chair
• Ed Trimmer	• Ralph Ostmeyer
• Janice Pauls	• Tim Owens
• Valdenia Winn	• Caryn Tyson
	• Joe Patton
	• Steve Huebert

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

Administrative Rules and Regulations Members, 2009
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (8)
• Janis Lee	• Vicki Schmidt
• Shirley Palmer	• Chris Steineger
• Ed Trimmer	• Karin Brownlee
• Janice Pauls	• Ralph Ostmeyer
	• Carl Holmes
	• Joe Patton
	• Steve Huebert
	• John Faber

External links

• Kansas Standing Committees

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Current members of the Kansas State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Ty Masterson

Majority Leader:Chase Blasi

Minority Leader:Dinah Sykes

Senators

District 1

Craig Bowser (R)

District 2

Marci Francisco (D)

District 3

Rick Kloos (R)

District 4

David Haley (D)

District 5

Jeff Klemp (R)

District 6

Pat Pettey (D)

District 7

Ethan Corson (D)

District 8

Cindy Holscher (D)

District 9

Beverly Gossage (R)

District 10

Mike Thompson (R)

District 11

Kellie Warren (R)

District 12

Caryn Tyson (R)

District 13

Tim Shallenburger (R)

District 14

Michael Fagg (R)

District 15

Virgil Peck (R)

District 16

Ty Masterson (R)

District 17

Mike Argabright (R)

District 18

Kenny Titus (R)

District 19

Patrick Schmidt (D)

District 20

Brenda Dietrich (R)

District 21

Dinah Sykes (D)

District 22

Brad Starnes (R)

District 23

Adam Thomas (R)

District 24

Scott Hill (R)

District 25

Mary Ware (D)

District 26

Chase Blasi (R)

District 27

Joe Claeys (R)

District 28

Mike Petersen (R)

District 29

Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D)

District 30

Renee Erickson (R)

District 31

Stephen Owens (R)

District 32

Larry Alley (R)

District 33

Tory Blew (R)

District 34

Michael Murphy (R)

District 35

TJ Rose (R)

District 36

Elaine Bowers (R)

District 37

Douglas Shane (R)

District 38

Ronald Ryckman (R)

District 39

Bill Clifford (R)

District 40

Rick Billinger (R)

Republican Party (31)

Democratic Party (9)

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Current members of the Kansas House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Daniel Hawkins

Majority Leader:Chris Croft

Minority Leader:Brandon Woodard

Representatives

District 1

Dale Helwig (R)

District 2

Kenneth Collins (R)

District 3

Chuck Smith (R)

District 4

Rick James (R)

District 5

Carrie Barth (R)

District 6

Samantha Poetter (R)

District 7

Dan Goddard (R)

District 8

Chris Croft (R)

District 9

Fred Gardner (R)

District 10

Suzanne Wikle (D)

District 11

Ron Bryce (R)

District 12

Doug Blex (R)

District 13

Duane Droge (R)

District 14

Charlotte Esau (R)

District 15

Lauren Bohi (R)

District 16

Linda Featherston (D)

District 17

Jo Ella Hoye (D)

District 18

Cindy Neighbor (D)

District 19

Stephanie Clayton (D)

District 20

Mari-Lynn Poskin (D)

District 21

Jerry Stogsdill (D)

District 22

Lindsay Vaughn (D)

District 23

Susan Ruiz (D)

District 24

Jarrod Ousley (D)

District 25

Rui Xu (D)

District 26

Chip VanHouden (R)

District 27

Sean Tarwater (R)

District 28

Carl Turner (R)

District 29

Heather Meyer (D)

District 30

Laura Williams (R)

District 31

Louis Ruiz (D)

District 32

Pam Curtis (D)

District 33

Vacant

District 34

Valdenia Winn (D)

District 35

Wanda Paige (D)

District 36

Lynn Melton (D)

District 37

Melissa Oropeza (D)

District 38

Timothy Johnson (R)

District 39

Angela Stiens (R)

District 40

David Buehler (R)

District 41

Pat Proctor (R)

District 42

Lance Neelly (R)

District 43

Bill Sutton (R)

District 44

Barbara Ballard (D)

District 45

Mike Amyx (D)

District 46

Brooklynne Mosley (D)

District 47

Ronald Ellis (R)

District 48

Dan Osman (D)

District 49

Nikki McDonald (D)

District 50

Kyle McNorton (R)

District 51

Megan Steele (R)

District 52

Jesse Borjon (R)

District 53

Kirk Haskins (D)

District 54

Ken Corbet (R)

District 55

Tobias Schlingensiepen (D)

District 56

Virgil Weigel (D)

District 57

John Alcala (D)

District 58

Alexis Simmons (D)

District 59

Rebecca Schmoe (R)

District 60

Mark Schreiber (R)

District 61

Francis Awerkamp (R)

District 62

Sean Willcott (R)

District 63

Allen Reavis (R)

District 64

Lewis Bloom (R)

District 65

Shawn Chauncey (R)

District 66

Sydney Carlin (D)

District 67

Angel Roeser (R)

District 68

Nathan Butler (R)

District 69

Clarke Sanders (R)

District 70

Greg Wilson (R)

District 71

Steven Howe (R)

District 72

Avery Anderson (R)

District 73

Rick Wilborn (R)

District 74

Mike King (R)

District 75

Will Carpenter (R)

District 76

Brad Barrett (R)

District 77

Kristey Williams (R)

District 78

Robyn Essex (R)

District 79

Webster Roth (R)

District 80

Bill Rhiley (R)

District 81

Blake Carpenter (R)

District 82

Leah Howell (R)

District 83

Henry Helgerson (D)

District 84

Ford Carr (D)

District 85

Steven Brunk (R)

District 86

Silas Miller (D)

District 87

Susan Estes (R)

District 88

Sandy Pickert (R)

District 89

KC Ohaebosim (D)

District 90

Steve Huebert (R)

District 91

Emil Bergquist (R)

District 92

John Carmichael (D)

District 93

Brian Bergkamp (R)

District 94

Leo Delperdang (R)

District 95

Tom Sawyer (D)

District 96

Tom Kessler (R)

District 97

Nick Hoheisel (R)

District 98

Cyndi Howerton (R)

District 99

Susan Humphries (R)

District 100

Daniel Hawkins (R)

District 101

Joe Seiwert (R)

District 102

Kyler Sweely (R)

District 103

Angela Martinez (D)

District 104

Paul Waggoner (R)

District 105

Jill Ward (R)

District 106

Lisa Moser (R)

District 107

Dawn Wolf (R)

District 108

Brandon Woodard (D)

District 109

Troy Waymaster (R)

District 110

Ken Rahjes (R)

District 111

Barbara Wasinger (R)

District 112

Sherri Brantley (R)

District 113

Brett Fairchild (R)

District 114

Kevin Schwertfeger (R)

District 115

Gary White (R)

District 116

Kyle Hoffman (R)

District 117

Adam Turk (R)

District 118

Jim Minnix (R)

District 119

Jason Goetz (R)

District 120

Adam Smith (R)

District 121

John Resman (R)

District 122

Lon Pishny (R)

District 123

Bob Lewis (R)

District 124

Martin Long (R)

District 125

Shannon Francis (R)

Republican Party (87)

Democratic Party (37)

Vacancies (1)