Barbara Wasinger

Barbara Wasinger is an American politician who was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 2018 as a Republican.[1]

Barbara Wasinger
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 111th district
Assumed office
January 14, 2019
Preceded byEber Phelps
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseThomas
Children4
EducationSaint Catherine University

Prior to serving in the Kansas Legislature, she served as an Ellis County Commissioner, the first woman elected to the county commission. From 2005 to 2012 she served as a city commissioner in Hays, Kansas and served as Mayor of Hays from April 2008 to April 2009 and October 2010 to April 2012. While mayor, she served on the Hays Public Library Board.[2]

In 2023, Wasinger introduced a bill to the Kansas Legislature that would mandate genital inspections of children.[3]

2020-2021 Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments[4]

  • Chairman of Joint Administrative Rules and Regulations
  • Vice Chairman of Higher Education Budget
  • Financial Institutions and Rural Development
  • Taxation

2019-2020 Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments[5]

  • Financial Institutions and Pensions
  • Higher Education Budget
  • Taxation
  • Joint Administrative Rules and Regulations

References

  1. "Representative Barbara Wasinger | Legislators | Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  2. "Barb Wasinger Biography". Barb Wasinger Website. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. "Kansas GOP bill authorizes genital exams of schoolchildren, critics say". Newsweek. 6 April 2023.
  4. "Representative Barb Wasinger". Kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  5. "Representative Barb Wasinger". Kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2020-01-25.


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