Barb Wasinger is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives representing District 111, serving since January 2019. Born July 7, 1958, she previously served as an Ellis County Commissioner, becoming the first woman elected to that body, and earlier served as a Hays, Kansas city commissioner from 2005 to 2012, including terms as Mayor of Hays from April 2008 to April 2009 and October 2010 to April 2012, during which she also served on the Hays Public Library Board. In the Legislature, she has chaired the Committee on Legislative Modernization and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations, and has served on committees including Higher Education Budget, Taxation, Financial Institutions, and the Special Committee on Foreign Trade and Regulatory Sandboxes.