Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate

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The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is a standing committee of the Kansas State Senate.

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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.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)	Third-party members(0)
Mary Ware Ranking Minority Member Marci Francisco	Virgil Peck, Jr. Chair Larry Alley Vice Chair Tory Marie Blew Craig Bowser Michael Fagg Ronald Ryckman Douglas Shane Brad Starnes Kenny Titus

2023-2024 legislative session

Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Mary Ware Marci Francisco	Dan Kerschen Chair Ronald Ryckman Vice Chair John Doll Michael Fagg Carolyn McGinn Virgil Peck, Jr. Alicia Straub

2021-2022 legislative session

Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Mary Ware Ranking minority member Marci Francisco	Dan Kerschen Chair Alicia Straub Vice chair Larry Alley John Doll Michael Fagg Carolyn McGinn Virgil Peck, Jr.

2019-2020 legislative session

Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (6)	Third-party members(0)
Marci Francisco Ranking minority member Lynn Rogers Mary Ware	Bud Estes Vice Chair Dan Kerschen Chair Rick Billinger Carolyn McGinn Dennis Pyle Edward Berger

2017 legislative session

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

Agriculture and Natural Resources Members, 2017
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Marci Francisco	• Dan Kerschen, Chair
• Lynn Rogers	• Bud Estes, Vice chair
	• Edward Berger
	• Rick Billinger
	• Carolyn McGinn
	• Dennis Pyle
	• Mary Jo Taylor

2015 legislative session

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

Agriculture Members, 2015
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)
• Marci Francisco, Ranking Minority Member	• Garrett Love, Chair
• Tom Hawk	• Dan Kerschen, Vice Chair
	• Steve Abrams
	• Elaine Bowers
	• Mitch Holmes
	• Forrest Knox
	• Carolyn McGinn
	• Ralph Ostmeyer
	• Larry Powell

2013-2014

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

Agriculture Members, 2013
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)
• Marci Francisco	• Garrett Love, Chair
• Tom Hawk	• Dan Kerschen, Vice chair
	• Steve Abrams
	• Elaine Bowers
	• Mitch Holmes
	• Forrest Knox
	• Carolyn McGinn
	• Ralph Ostmeyer
	• Larry Powell

2011-2012

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

Agriculture Members, 2011
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)
• Marci Francisco	• Mark Taddiken, Chair
• Allen Schmidt	• Ruth Teichman, Vice chair
	• Stephen Morris
	• Terry Bruce
	• Ralph Ostmeyer
	• Dennis Pyle
	• Garrett Love
	• Jeff King
	• Steve Abrams

2009-2010

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

Agriculture Members, 2009
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Marci Francisco	• Mark Taddiken, Chair
• Janis Lee	• Ralph Ostmeyer, Vice chair
	• Dennis Pyle
	• Jim Barnett
	• Terry Bruce
	• Tim Huelskamp
	• Stephen Morris

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)