Kansas's 38th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate.

It has been represented by Republican Ron Ryckman Sr. since March 2021, following the death of incumbent Bud Estes on February 13, 2021.

[2] District 38 is predominantly based in the two Western Kansas cities of Dodge City and Liberal, covering all of Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade, and Seward Counties and part of Hodgeman County.

Other communities in the district include Cimarron, Meade, and Ashland.

[4] It borders the state of Oklahoma.