Health and Human Services Committee, Kansas House of Representatives

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The Health and Human Services 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

Health and Human Services Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Susan Ruiz Ranking Minority Member Melissa Oropeza Suzanne Wikle Nikki McDonald Heather Meyer	Ron Bryce Vice Chair Will Carpenter Chair Carl Turner Angela Stiens Allen Reavis Emil Bergquist Doug Blex Leah Howell Fred Gardner Ronald Ellis Duane Droge David Buehler

2023-2024 legislative session

Health and Human Services Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Melissa Oropeza Christina Haswood Brad Boyd Susan Ruiz Lindsay Vaughn	Brenda Landwehr Chair John Eplee Vice Chair Carl Turner Fred Gardner Ronald Ellis Bill Clifford Ron Bryce David Buehler Doug Blex Emil Bergquist Brian Bergkamp Carrie Barth

2021-2022 legislative session

Health and Human Services Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Brett Parker Ranking Minority Member Broderick Henderson Susan Ruiz Christina Haswood	Brenda Landwehr Chair John Eplee Vice Chair Adam Smith Megan Lynn Jim Kelly Susan Carlson Ronald Ellis Doug Blex Emil Bergquist John E. Barker Tory Marie Blew Carl Turner

Elizabeth Bishop (D) left this committee on May 26, 2021. ^[Source]

2019-2020 legislative session

Health and Human Services Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Monica Murnan Ranking minority member Cindy Holscher Broderick Henderson Elizabeth Bishop Eileen Horn	Brenda Landwehr Chair John Eplee Vice Chair Kellie Warren Megan Lynn Jim Kelly Ron Howard Ronald Ellis Kenneth Collins Doug Blex Emil Bergquist John E. Barker Tory Marie Blew

2017 legislative session

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

Health and Human Services Members, 2017
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (12)
• John Wilson	• Daniel Hawkins, Chair
• Steven Crum	• Susan L. Concannon, Vice chair
• Broderick Henderson	• John E. Barker
• Cindy Holscher	• Doug Blex
• Monica Murnan	• Willie Dove
	• Ronald B. Ellis
	• John Eplee
	• Jim Kelly
	• Greg Lakin
	• Leslie Osterman
	• Randy Powell
	• Abraham Rafie

2015 legislative session

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

Health and Human Services Members, 2015
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (13)
• Jim Ward, Ranking Minority Member	• Daniel Hawkins, Chair
• Broderick Henderson	• Susan Concannon, Vice Chair
• Roderick Houston	• Barbara Bollier
• John Wilson	• Blake Carpenter
	• John Edmonds
	• Bud Estes
	• Don Hill
	• Dick Jones
	• Kevin Jones
	• Jim Kelly
	• Leslie Osterman
	• Scott Schwab
	• Kent Thompson

Note: Barbara Bollier, Don Hill and vice chair Susan Concannon were removed from the committee after supporting Medicaid expansion. Willie Dove was transferred from the Education Committee and made vice chair. Brett Hildabrand and Randy Powell were also named as replacements.

2013-2014

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

Health and Human Services Members, 2013
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (13)
• Jim Ward	• J. David Crum, Chair
• Patricia Sloop	• Brian Weber, Vice chair
• John Wilson	• J. Stephen Alford
• Kathy Wolfe Moore	• Edwin H. Bideau III
	• Barbara Bollier
	• Marshall Christmann
	• Susan Concannon
	• John Edmonds
	• Daniel Hawkins
	• Don Hill
	• Kevin Jones
	• Jim Kelly
	• Leslie Osterman

2011-2012

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

Health and Human Services Members, 2011
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (14)
• Geraldine Flaharty	• Brenda Landwehr, Chair
• Jim Ward	• Owen Donohoe, Vice chair
• Ed Trimmer	• J. Stephen Alford
• Valdenia Winn	• Bob Bethell
• Ann Mah	• Barbara Bollier
	• Terry Calloway
	• J. David Crum
	• Jim Denning
	• Phil Hermanson
	• Peggy Mast
	• Kelly Meigs
	• Susan Mosier
	• Bill Otto
	• Brian Weber

2009-2010

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

Health and Human Services Members, 2009
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (12)
• Geraldine Flaharty	• Brenda Landwehr, Chair
• Cindy Neighbor	• J. David Crum, Vice chair
• Dolores Furtado	• Bill Otto
• Mike Slattery	• Arlen Siegfreid
• Ed Trimmer	• Jill Quigley
• Gail Finney	• Scott Schwab
• Jim Ward	• Lana Gordon
	• Clark Shultz
	• Don Schroeder
	• Peggy Mast
	• Phil Hermanson
	• James Morrison

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

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)