# Rick Billinger

Rick Billinger is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas Senate, district 40
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e5d951f2-88c7-47d4-ac28-08c175ba440d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e5d951f2-88c7-47d4-ac28-08c175ba440d (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

Billinger reported $4,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 28 donors and 528 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 6 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas Senate 18.3%; rank 21 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 312: Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the deputy sheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB312/
- 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 315: Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB315/
- 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/
- SR 1714: Recognizing the members of the Kansas Task Force 1 for their outstanding efforts as responders during Hurricanes Helene and Milton. (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1714/
- SB 200: Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB200/
- SCR 1610: Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1610/
- SCR 1608: Proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require individuals to be citizens of the United States, at… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1608/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,000 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/sen_billinger_rick_1/
- Campaign site: https://rickbillinger.com/
- X: https://x.com/RickBillinger
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickbillingerforkansas/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e5d951f2-88c7-47d4-ac28-08c175ba440d