PAT SAVILLE

Secretary of the Kansas Senate


Room 374E, Capitol
300 S.W. 10th Street
Topeka, KS 66612-1504
Telephone (785) 296-2456
Fax (785) 296-6718

The President of the Senate appoints the Secretary of the Senate. The Secretary is responsible for keeping a record of all proceedings of the Senate including the following: calling the roll; reporting correctly the result of all votes along with maintaining voting records of members; reading and numbering all bills, resolutions and petitions; delivering all messages to the House of Representatives; transmitting all bills for engrossment; certifying and proofing all enrolled bills and resolutions and presenting to the President of the Senate for signature; taking all enrolled bills to the Governor for signature. The Secretary is also responsible for preparing the daily Senate Calendar and Senate Journal; the printing of all bills and resolutions and other documents; and recording on Bill Status the successive stages of all action taken by the Senate.

Legislative Experience

  • Secretary of the Senate, 1991 to Present 
  • Administrative Assistant/Executive Secretary, Senate President, 1989-1990 
  • Executive Secretary, House Majority Leader, 1987-1988 
  • Executive Secretary/Administrative Assistant, House Majority Leader, 1979-1982 
  • Secretary to Representatives, 1975-1978 

Professional Development

  • NCSL Legislative Staff Achievement Award, ASLCS 2007
  • Past Member:  NCSL Executive Committee
  • Past President:  American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries
  • Past Member:   Kansas Employee Award Board 
  • Graduate:  Legislative Staff Management Institute-University of Minnesota 
  • Past Membership

o    Secretary-Treasurer, ASLCS

o    Chair:   Membership and Communication, ASLCS 

o    Chair:   Program Development, ASLCS

o    Co-Chair:   Site Selection, ASLCS 

o    Member:   Parliamentary Procedure, Professional Journal, Special Committee on Technology, ASLCS 

Secretary of the Kansas Senate Pat Saville

Senate Staff

  • Administrative Assistant:  Verla Vines
  • Bill Status Clerk: Jude Simnitt 
  • Calendar Clerks: Carol Kirkwood and Martha Ozias
  • Desk Clerk: Elaine Ward 
  • Enrolling Clerks: Lori Cackler, Vanita Hunt and Doris Renneke 
  • Journal Clerks: Charlene Bailey, Pat Matzek and Helen Moreland3e 
  • Office Secretary III: Thelma Haefner 

 

Senate

  • 40 Members -- 30 Republicans and 10 Democrats 

Session Dates

  • Beginning the second Monday in January for 90 days 

Parliamentary Manual

  • Robert's Rules 

 

Rules of the Kansas Senate

Joint Rules of the Senate and House

Senate Committees and Schedules

2007 Senate Roster

Send E-mail to Pat Saville, Secretary of the Senate (pats@senate.state.ks.us)

Last updated August 14, 2007