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Senate and House Republicans Announce Agenda

Republican (Jan. 10, 2023) – Today, the House and Senate Republicans announced their 2023 legislative agenda. The agenda included commitments in the following policy areas:

  • Taxes
  • Health care
  • Students
  • Economy
  • Workforce
  • Safety net
  • Others

Highlighted topics include:

  • Expanding consumer health care choice and Kansans' ability to access health care.
  • Stopping costly mandates that increase health care rates.
  • Promoting health care savings accounts.
  • Instituting reforms that support health care freedom while preserving quality.
  • Making college more affordable.
  • Supporting apprenticeship to licensure programs.
  • Stopping fraud and abuse of the safety net system by regularly checking eligibility.
  • Rejecting expansion of Medicaid to able-bodied adults until waiver waiting lists are eliminated.
  • Strengthening Kansas statutes that protect Kansans from violent and repeat offenders.