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SB 480 — Reviving repealed statutes related to estates of absentees and requiring nonresident fiduciaries to appoint an agent residing in this state.	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 459 — Removing the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections, changing the appointing authority and creating…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 408 — Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 398 — Requiring a proponent to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that certain specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2739 — Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2601 — Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families, providing for registration…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2596 — Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2591 — Authorizing financial institutions to report suspected financial exploitation of an adult account holder to a designated agency, notify any…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2569 — Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county and…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2528 — Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to certain nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2513 — Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2509 — Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2507 — Removing the requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the face of each such stamp and increasing…	Nay	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2501 — Senate Substitute for HB 2501 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2479 — Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2462 — Requiring the secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations that allow for the direct and indirect potable reuse of…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2437 — Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2372 — Senate Substitute for HB 2372 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of unlawful approach of a first responder and…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2365 — Adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2346 — Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2329 — Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria for such…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2192 — Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2116 — Requiring that certain contractual provisions be incorporated in all contracts for certain cities and counties, including the provisions of…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2114 — Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2042 — Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees by the Kansas…	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)