2025 Capitol Review
Week One
Jan. 13 – Jan. 17, 2025
Following the election in November, where all 125 House of Representatives seats and 40 Senate seats were open, more than 30 new lawmakers were sworn in to represent their districts’ interests. Governor Laura Kelly delivered the annual State of the State address on Wednesday where she focused on economic development initiatives, a new strategic plan to conserve water and her disagreement toward republican leadership’s plans to cut corporate income and property taxes. Quickly following the speech, Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins (R-Wichita) and Senate President Ty Masterson (R-Andover) quickly went to work with their party’s supermajority (88-37 in the House, 31-9 in the Senate) advantage to begin advancing their plans to reduce the tax burden on Kansans.
