# Rick Kloos

Rick Kloos is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5281ab3e-91a8-43be-bcc7-5d9d4c2a2545

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5281ab3e-91a8-43be-bcc7-5d9d4c2a2545 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

29% of the 17 bills Kloos sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Kansas Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 122 donors and 492 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 10 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 29.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas Senate 18.3%; rank 6 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 1735: Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawk Theatre. (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1735/
- SR 1732: Commending Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and acknowledging the patriotic commitment of all Kansas employers who support their employees serving in… (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1732/
- SB 476: Exempting certain property used for thrift store purposes by a church or religious organization from property tax. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB476/
- SB 304: Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for the distribution of… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB304/
- SCR 1615: Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1615/
- SB 302: Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB302/
- SCR 1616: Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax assessed value increases for real property in any… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1616/
- SR 1720: A resolution congratulating and commending the 2024-2025 Washburn University men's basketball team for an outstanding season and qualification for the Final… (introduced, 2025-04-11) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1720/
- SR 1717: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. (introduced, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1717/
- SR 1715: Recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the capitol. (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1715/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,242 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/sen_kloos_rick_1/
- Campaign site: https://rickkloos.com/
- X: https://x.com/kloosforkansas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richard.kloos.54
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kloosforkansas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-kloos-0631a473/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5281ab3e-91a8-43be-bcc7-5d9d4c2a2545