Federal and State Affairs Committee, Kansas State Senate

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The Federal and State Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Kansas State Senate.

Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Kansas State Senate are assigned by the Organization, Calendar and Rules Committee. The committee is composed of the President of the Senate, the Majority Leader, Vice President of the Senate and six other members of the senate selected by the majority party. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

See rules: Senate Rules

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)	Third-party members(0)
Oletha Faust-Goudeau Ranking Minority Member Marci Francisco	Mike Thompson Chair Tory Marie Blew Vice Chair Bill Clifford Brenda Dietrich Beverly Gossage Michael Murphy Brad Starnes Adam Thomas Caryn Tyson

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Oletha Faust-Goudeau Cindy Holscher	Mike Thompson Chair Rick Kloos Vice Chair Chase Blasi Jeff Longbine Mike Petersen Ronald Ryckman Alicia Straub

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Oletha Faust-Goudeau Ranking minority member Mary Ware	Larry Alley Chair Richard Hilderbrand Vice chair Brenda Dietrich Rick Kloos Jeff Longbine Mike Petersen Ronald Ryckman

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Oletha Faust-Goudeau Ranking minority member Marci Francisco	Bud Estes Chair Robert Olson Vice Chair Richard Hilderbrand Jeff Longbine Ty Masterson Caryn Tyson Bruce Givens

2017 legislative session

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

Federal and State Affairs Members, 2017
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau	• Jacob LaTurner, Chair
• Lynn Rogers	• Bud Estes, Vice chair
	• Bruce Givens
	• Jeff Longbine
	• Ty Masterson
	• Robert Olson
	• Caryn Tyson

2015 legislative session

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

Federal and State Affairs Members, 2015
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau, Ranking Minority Member	• Ralph Ostmeyer, Chair
• Tom Holland	• Jacob LaTurner, Vice chair
	• Mitch Holmes
	• Kay Wolf
	• Jeff Longbine
	• Robert Olson
	• Caryn Tyson

2013-2014

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

Federal and State Affairs Members, 2013
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau	• Ralph Ostmeyer, Chair
• Tom Holland	• Jay Emler, Vice chair
	• Mitch Holmes
	• Jacob LaTurner
	• Jeff Longbine
	• Robert Olson
	• Caryn Tyson

2011-2012

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

Federal and State Affairs Members, 2011
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau	• Pete Brungardt, Chair
• David Haley	• Roger Reitz, Vice chair
	• Steve Abrams
	• Jeff Longbine
	• Stephen Morris
	• Ralph Ostmeyer
	• Tim Owens

2009-2010

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

Federal and State Affairs Members, 2009
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Marci Francisco	• Pete Brungardt, Chair
• Oletha Faust-Goudeau	• Roger Reitz, Vice chair
	• Dennis Pyle
	• Tim Owens
	• Steve Abrams
	• Stephen Morris
	• Ralph Ostmeyer

External links

• Kansas Standing Committees

Footnotes

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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)