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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Colby Community College
  • Graduated, General Business Studies, Fort Hays State University, 1975

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Colby Community College
  • Graduated, General Business Studies, Fort Hays State University, 1975
  • Owner/Operator, Billinger Farms, 1978-present
  • Served, United States Army
  • Owner, Nationwide Homes, 1975-2006

Political Experience

  • Attended, Colby Community College
  • Graduated, General Business Studies, Fort Hays State University, 1975
  • Owner/Operator, Billinger Farms, 1978-present
  • Served, United States Army
  • Owner, Nationwide Homes, 1975-2006
  • Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 40, 2017-present
  • Former Commissioner, City of Goodland
  • Former Mayor, Goodland, Kansas
  • Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 40, 2020
  • Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 120, 2010-2012, 2014-2017
  • Candidate, Kansas House of Representatives, District 120, 2012

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Kansas Legislative Policy Group, Western Kansas Caucus Legislators

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Government and Legislative and Elected Officials, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on the Department of Administration, Kansas State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chair, Corrections and Juvenile Justice

Vice Chair, Financial Institutions and Insurance

Member, Legislative Budget

Vice Chair, State Building Construction

Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chair, Subcommittee on Corrections

Member, Subcommittee on General Government

Member, Subcommittee on Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS)

Chair, Subcommittee on Labor and Human Rights

Member, Subcommittee on Lottery and Gaming

Vice Chair, Ways and Means

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Colby Community College
  • Graduated, General Business Studies, Fort Hays State University, 1975
  • Owner/Operator, Billinger Farms, 1978-present
  • Served, United States Army
  • Owner, Nationwide Homes, 1975-2006
  • Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 40, 2017-present
  • Former Commissioner, City of Goodland
  • Former Mayor, Goodland, Kansas
  • Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 40, 2020
  • Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 120, 2010-2012, 2014-2017
  • Candidate, Kansas House of Representatives, District 120, 2012
  • Member, American Legion
  • Former Board Member, Boy Scouts of America
  • Member, Coronado Area Council
  • Member, Elks Lodge
  • Member, Fort Hayes State Alumni Association
  • Member, Goodland City Commission
  • Member, Kansas-Education Board of Education
  • Member, Kansas Manufactured Housing Association
  • Member, Kansas Wheat Growers Association
  • Former Board Member, Kanza Bio Diesel
  • Member, Kiwanis
  • Member, National Rifle Association
  • Member, Pheasants Forever
  • Member, Sherman County Farm Bureau
  • Member, Sugar Hills Golf Club

Other Info

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Priority Issues:

- Increasing Population Growth to Western Kansas

  • - The Elimination of Out-of-Date Programs and Policies in order to Cut Down on Red Tape and Wasteful Regulatory Burdens
  • - Reducing State Debt
  • - Increasing Support for Seniors and the Disabled
  • - Protecting Family Farms
  • - Strengthening Schools
  • - Preserving Water
  • - Continuing to Fight for Lower Property Tax