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Representative Susan Ruiz

District 23 - Democrat

District: Map - Profile             Voting Record: 2021 2022

Committees

Committee Leadership
Ranking minority member Health and Human Services - Day: Daily - Time: 1:30 pm - Room: 112-N
Committees
Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room:
Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room:
2022 Special Committee on Intellectual and Developmental Disability Waiver Modernization - Day: - Time: - Room:
2020 Special Committee on Foster Care Oversight - Day: - Time: - Room:
House Select Investigating Committee - Day: On Call - Time: On Call - Room: On Call
Veterans and Military - Day: Tue/Thu - Time: 9:00 am - Room: 281-N
Social Services Budget - Day: Daily - Time: 3:30 pm - Room: 152-S
2021 Special Committee on Home and Community Based Services Intellectual and Developmental Disability Waiver - Day: - Time: - Room:

Bills and Resolutions

Sponsored Bills
HB2047 - Repealing the adoption protection act.
HB2140 - Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol.
HB2323 - Amending statutes concerning the recognition of marriage and removing the requirement that marriage be between two parties of the opposite sex.
HB2345 - Establishing the office of the child advocate for children's protection and services.
HB2479 -  Making unlawful the capture or possession of ornate box turtles.
HB2487 - Providing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for sales of food and food ingredients and providing for the levying of taxes by cities and counties, providing for an exemption from sales and use taxes for sales of farm products sold at farmers' markets, and discontinuing the nonrefundable food sales tax credit.
HB2540 - Updating schedules I, II, IV and V of the uniform controlled substances act and excluding FDA-approved drug products from the definition of marijuana.
HB2620 - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a hospital, providing criminal penalties for violation thereof and increasing the criminal penalties for battery of a healthcare provider who is employed by a hospital.
HB2625 - Creating the crime of elector fraud to make it a crime to falsify presidential elector certificates.
HB2626 - Regarding the teacher service scholarship program; making and concerning appropriations for the program for fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the state board of regents.
HB2660 - Directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a mural honoring the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment.
HB2661 - Authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol and establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund.
HB2665 - Amending the Kansas act against discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
HB2666 - Allowing an individual to have a gender designation of "X" on driver's licenses and allowing an individual to change the gender designation on a driver's license, instruction permit or nondriver's identification card.
HB2671 - Requiring statutory due process procedures for a school district's non-renewal or termination of a teacher contract.
Sponsored Resolutions
HCR5011 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal section 16 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas that requires marriage to be between individuals of the opposite sex.
HCR5024 - Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas to provide medical assistance eligibility to the extent authorized under federal law.
HCR5025 - Constitutional amendment legalizing the recreational use of marijuana on July 1, 2023.
HCR5026 - Constitutional amendment authorizing the medicinal use of marijuana on July 1, 2023.
HCR5030 - Recognizing the growing problem of antisemitism in the United States.
HR6008 - Urging the President of the United States to honor surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipients with designated state funerals.
HR6016 - Designating May 3, 2021, as Michael Mosher Day.
HR6017 - Supporting the full development of the Heartland Flyer Extension.
HR6023 - Condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
HR6026 - Honoring and recognizing the life and career of Representative J. Russell Jennings.
HR6027 - Congratulating and commending the 2021-2022 University of Kansas men's basketball team for winning the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
HR6028 - Designating May 11, 2022 as School Nurse Day.