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
HB 2534 — Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain a supply of naloxone in all schools, requiring the…	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2527 — Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2524 — Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2521 — Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2520 — Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2518 — Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act.	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2515 — Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2505 — Providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened…	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2497 — Prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2487 — Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2485 — Authorizing the chief executive officer of the board of regents to negotiate and settle repayment obligations arising under financial aid…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2482 — Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2481 — During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2470 — Providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area under the Kansas…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2467 — Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2466 — Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2464 — Extending the number of years that tax credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related…	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2444 — Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules…	Yea	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2440 — Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions.	Yea	Mar 19, 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 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
HB 2435 — Substitute for HB 2435 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Authorizing natural gas public utilities to recover…	Nay	Mar 19, 2026	pass	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)