Janis Lee


Janis K. Lee was the chief hearing officer for the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals from 2011 until 2013. She was a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate representing the 36th district from 1989 until 2011. She was Assistant Minority Leader of the Kansas Senate from 1997 until her appointment as a hearing officer. She was also the vice-president of the Unified School District 238 Board of Education.
In 2019, she was appointed by Governor Laura Kelly to co-chair the governor's Council on Tax Reform alongside former state Sen. Steve Morris.

Committee assignments

Sen. Lee served on these legislative committees:
Some of the top contributors to Sen. Lee's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:
Energy and natural resources companies were her largest donor group.