Appropriations Committee, Kansas House of Representatives

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The Appropriations Committee is a standing committee of the Kansas House of Representatives.

Per the House Rules, committees of the Kansas House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

See rules: House Rules

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Appropriations Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (16)	Third-party members(0)
Barbara Ballard Ranking Minority Member Jo Ella Hoye Jarrod Ousley John Alcala Mike Amyx Henry Helgerson Pam Curtis	Kristey Williams Vice Chair Troy L. Waymaster Chair Barbara Wasinger Adam Turk Sean Tarwater Sr. Bill Sutton Ken Rahjes Lisa Moser Kyle Hoffman Jason Goetz Shannon Francis Susan Estes Will Carpenter David Buehler Avery Anderson Steven Howe

2023-2024 legislative session

Appropriations Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (16)	Third-party members(0)
Jarrod Ousley Pam Curtis Sydney Carlin Barbara Ballard John Alcala Henry Helgerson Brandon Woodard	Troy L. Waymaster Chair Kyle Hoffman Vice Chair Kristey Williams Adam Turk Sean Tarwater Sr. Bill Sutton Ken Rahjes Stephen Owens Les Mason Brenda Landwehr Shannon Francis Steven Howe Susan Estes Ken Corbet Susan L. Concannon Avery Anderson

2021-2022 legislative session

Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (16)	Third-party members(0)
Kathy Wolfe Moore Ranking Minority Member Brett Parker Henry Helgerson Sydney Carlin Tom Burroughs Barbara Ballard John Alcala Brandon Woodard	Troy L. Waymaster Chair Kyle Hoffman Vice Chair Kristey Williams Sean Tarwater Sr. Richard Proehl Stephen Owens Brenda Landwehr Steven C. Johnson Susan Humphries Susan Estes Shannon Francis Ken Corbet Susan L. Concannon Will Carpenter Bill Sutton Ken Rahjes

2019-2020 legislative session

Appropriations Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (16)	Third-party members(0)
Kathy Wolfe Moore Ranking minority member Brett Parker Henry Helgerson Sydney Carlin Tom Burroughs Barbara Ballard John Alcala	Troy L. Waymaster Chair Kyle Hoffman Vice Chair Stephen Owens Sean Tarwater Sr. Bill Sutton Bradley Ralph Ken Rahjes Richard Proehl Willie Dove J.R. Claeys Steven C. Johnson Brenda Landwehr Shannon Francis Susan L. Concannon Will Carpenter Kristey Williams

2017 legislative session

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

Appropriations Members, 2017
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (16)
• Kathy Wolfe Moore	• Troy L. Waymaster, Chair
• John Alcala	• Erin Davis, Vice chair
• Barbara Ballard	• Larry Campbell
• Tom Burroughs	• J.R. Claeys
• Sydney Carlin	• Susan L. Concannon
• Henry Helgerson	• Kyle Hoffman
• Eber Phelps	• Steven C. Johnson
	• Kevin Jones
	• Jan Kessinger
	• Greg Lakin
	• Brenda Landwehr
	• Richard Proehl
	• Bradley Ralph
	• Don Schroeder
	• Bill Sutton
	• Sean Tarwater Sr.

2015 legislative session

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

Appropriations Members, 2015
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (18)
• Jerry Henry, Ranking Minority Member	• Ron Ryckman, Chair
• Barbara Ballard	• Sharon Schwartz, Vice Chair
• Sydney Carlin	• John Barker
• Gail Finney	• Will Carpenter
• Kathy Wolfe Moore	• J.R. Claeys
	• Peter DeGraaf
	• Amanda Grosserode
	• Ron Highland
	• Don Hill
	• Kyle Hoffman
	• Mark E. Hutton
	• Mark Kahrs
	• Marvin Kleeb
	• Jerry Lunn
	• Charles Macheers
	• Richard Proehl
	• Gene Suellentrop
	• Troy Waymaster

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Appropriations Members, 2013
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (17)
• Jerry Henry	• Marc Rhoades, Chair
• Barbara Ballard	• Gene Suellentrop, Vice chair
• Sydney Carlin	• Richard Carlson
• Nile Dillmore	• Ward Cassidy
• Robert Grant	• J. David Crum
• Harold Lane	• Peter DeGraaf
	• Amanda Grosserode
	• Kyle Hoffman
	• Mark E. Hutton
	• Mark Kahrs
	• Kasha Kelley
	• Marvin Kleeb
	• Jerry Lunn
	• Virgil Peck, Jr.
	• Ron Ryckman
	• Sharon Schwartz
	• Brian Weber

2011-2012

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

Appropriations Members, 2011
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (17)
• Bill Feuerborn	• Marc Rhoades, Chair
• Jerry Henry	• Kasha Kelley, Vice chair
• Barbara Ballard	• Anthony Brown
• Sydney Carlin	• Richard Carlson
• Doug Gatewood	• J. David Crum
• Harold Lane	• Peter DeGraaf
	• Jim Denning
	• Owen Donohoe
	• Lana Gordon
	• Marvin Kleeb
	• Peggy Mast
	• Joe McLeland
	• Virgil Peck, Jr.
	• Jo Ann Pottorff
	• Sharon Schwartz
	• Clark Shultz
	• Gene Suellentrop

2009-2010

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

Appropriations Members, 2009
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (13)
• Bill Feuerborn	• Kevin Yoder, Chair
• Doug Gatewood	• Owen Donohoe
• Jerry Williams	• Lee Tafanelli
• Tom Burroughs	• Barbara Craft
• Barbara Ballard	• Peggy Mast
• Harold Lane	• J. David Crum
• Jerry Henry	• Kasha Kelley
• Sydney Carlin	• Peter DeGraaf
• Tom Sawyer	• Joe McLeland
	• Mitch Holmes
	• John Faber
	• Jeff Whitham
	• William Light

External links

• Kansas Standing Committees

Footnotes

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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

Carolyn Caiharr (R)

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 (88)

Democratic Party (37)