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 517 — Expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 454 — Enhancing the criminal penalty for committing certain crimes in the context of transnational repression and requiring the development of…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 393 — Authorizing any county or city to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages 23 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the FIFA 2026…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 366 — House Substitute for Senate Bill 366 by Committee on Transportation - Prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
SB 329 — Requiring the county appraiser to submit a single property appraisal report at the valuation appeal hearing before the regular division of…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2781 — Authorizing the state historical society to acquire the junior officers' quarters at Fort Dodge and provide for the use, preservation…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2769 — Requiring members of governing bodies of subordinate service taxing areas to be residents of such taxing areas.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2767 — Establishing the Kansas military affairs commission and prescribing the powers and duties thereof.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2762 — Modifying the crime of unlawful sexual relations to describe who is a person in a position of authority for a school.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2760 — Enacting the esthetics licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for estheticians.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2747 — Specifying that courts shall consider certain factors in determining whether a prior violation of law is comparable to any act described in…	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2731 — Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2729 — Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to provide forms and notices to physicians pursuant to the woman's-right-to know…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2727 — Providing for the plaintiff to elect to limit recovery in claims brought for violations of the woman's-right-to-know act and making the…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2719 — Providing an exception to the rules and regulations filing act for technical amendments, creating a process for certain rules and…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2700 — Establishing the Kansas digital right-to-repair act to provide the right for persons who purchase digital electronic equipment to obtain…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2653 — Requiring the secretary of corrections to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment-related documentation prior to…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2651 — Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2644 — Requiring a county appraiser to adjust the value of personal property mobile homes, residential and commercial property upon final…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2639 — Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria and treatment…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2627 — Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2626 — Expanding veterans preference in government employment to include current members of the national guard and such members' eligible spouses.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2618 — Requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on federal moneys received by the state, ending certain educational…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2613 — Providing for the crime victims compensation board to establish fees chargeable for conducting examinations of persons who may be victims…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)