Stephen Owens

KS Senate District 31

Republican Kansas since Jan 13, 2025

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Government Operations & Budget 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Defense & Military 2 Economy & Taxes 2 Elections & Voting 2 Veterans Affairs 2 Banking & Finance 1 Criminal Justice & Policing 1 Education 1 Gun Policy 1 Other 1 Technology & Privacy 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
KS Senate District 31 current Kansas	Republican	Jan 13, 2025	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SB 193 — Sub for SB 193 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Exempting law enforcement agencies who do not provide emergency opioid…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 186 — Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 175 — Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 166 — Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 161 — Requiring legislative approval prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a public assistance program waiver or other authorization…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 157 — Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 156 — Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 139 — Updating certain definitions, terms and conditions relating to the state banking code.	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 138 — House Substitute for SB 138 by Committee on Judiciary - Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 128 — Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 126 — House Sub for SB 126 - Establishing an advance universal newborn screening program, providing for the reimbursement of certain treatment…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 121 — Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 117 — Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property.	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 114 — Authorizing nonpublic and virtual school students to participate in ancillary public school activities and making it unlawful for the…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 105 — Requiring the governor to appoint a person to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and commissioner of…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 104 — Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 98 — Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 97 — Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains.	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 92 — Extending the expiration date for provisions that authorize an electric utility to not offer parallel generation service to certain large…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 89 — Authorizing the animal health commissioner to adopt rules and regulations to administer the poultry disease control act and to establish an…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 88 — Requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care.	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 87 — Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 85 — Directing the secretary for children and families to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility.	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 82 — Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 79 — Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow…	Yea	Feb 19, 2025	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)