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This is the voting scorecard of the 2020 Kansas Legislative Session, for all 165 members of the Kansas Legislature.

In 2020, the Kansas Legislature passed a record low number of bills and measures. Eighteen bills were passed,fourteen of which became law, and four of which were vetoed by the Governor. In the Special Session that followed,one additional bill was passed. In the previous year, 2019, 68 bills became law. In 2018, 119 bills became law.

Why so few? Two reasons. First, when herproposed amendment to strip women's reproductive rights from the Kansas Constitution failed in a fair vote in both Chambers of the Legislature, Senate President Susan Wagle announced that no other bills would pass the Senate until the amendment was on the Kansas ballot in August. Then, before she could recant her conviction, the COVID-19 pandemic blew into Kansas, and the legislative session was cut short.

As a result, we have just two bills in 2020 that have been identified by Mainstream to clearly show the position of lawmakers on issues important to us.

• SCR 1613/HCR 5019 is the amendment to remove reproductive rights from the Kansas Constitution. Mainstream took a strong stand against this resolution (testimony), going so far as towarn legislators that supporting it would make it virtually impossible for Mainstream to support them. Despite that, and the will of Kansans, 108 legislators voted for it.Here was some of their debate.
  
  
• HB 2054 is the bill that stripped the Governor's power to distribute relief funds, declare emergency orders, or take measures to protect Kansans during this pandemic. All those powers were transferred to committees controlled by Legislative Leadership. It was, in essence, a coup. 103 Kansas legislators supported it. The Governor vetoed this bill, but accepted a compromise version during the Special Session. The direct result of this, however, was the power of Kansas counties to ignore state guidelines regarding the pandemic, andthe direct result of that has been a record spike in COVID-19 infections in the state.

Presented below are the 165current Kansas legislators in the 2020 Legislative Session, their lifetime *M score (incl. 2020), their votes on these two bills, and their *M score this year. We display current legislators because this is a tool for Kansas voters to see how their current legislators voted. For example, Rep. Benson took part in the 2020 Session, but resigned just at the end. His replacement, Jennifer Day is listed below, but she did not have an opportunity to vote on either of these bills. Still, it is important for her constituents to know her record, not that of her predecessor.

The *M score is simply a percentage of votes taken in which a legislator took the position supported by the Mainstream Coalition. Not voting and absences are not counted.

2020 *M Voting Scorecard

√ = Did vote with Mainstream
x = Did not vote with Mainstream