Stephen Owens

KS Senate District 31

Republican Kansas since Jan 13, 2025

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. 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)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
SB 199 Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 28 Nay: 12	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528438	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528438 LegiScan-ToS
SB 139 Updating certain definitions, terms and conditions relating to the state banking code.	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527463	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527463 LegiScan-ToS
SB 135 Providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act.	Senate Concurred with amendments in conference - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528047	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528047 LegiScan-ToS
SB 114 Authorizing nonpublic and virtual school students to participate in ancillary public school…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 32 Nay: 8	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528373	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528373 LegiScan-ToS
SB 54 Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party…	Senate Concurred with amendments in conference - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527813	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527813 LegiScan-ToS
SB 44 Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 1	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528234	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528234 LegiScan-ToS
SB 9 House Substitute for SB 9 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Prohibiting…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 38 Nay: 1	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528336	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528336 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2382 Senate Substitute for HB 2382 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to include a…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 31 Nay: 9	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528458	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528458 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2255 Amending definitions concerning weights and measurers increasing minimum invoice fees, requiring…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528307	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528307 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2249 Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers for…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528154	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528154 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2240 Senate Substitute for HB 2240 by Committee on Government Efficiency - Requiring legislative…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 31 Nay: 9	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528160	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528160 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2228 Senate Substitute for HB 2228 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring that a political subdivision…	Senate Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed - Yea: 28 Nay: 12	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527308	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527308 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2172 Senate Substitute for HB 2172 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing the…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528435	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528435 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2160 Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527829	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527829 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2134 Amending the Kansas open records act by limiting certain charges for furnishing records and…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528365	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528365 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2069 Enacting the school psychologist compact, the dietitian compact, the cosmetology compact and the…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527531	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527531 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2062 Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 31 Nay: 9	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527683	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527683 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2056 Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 34 Nay: 6	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528230	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528230 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2050 Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528418	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528418 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2039 Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528424	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528424 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2028 Reviving a law providing for discounted hunting and fishing licenses for persons who are 65 years…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1528342	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1528342 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2022 Requiring special elections be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March or on the…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 29 Nay: 11	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527590	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527590 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2016 Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1527288	Mar 26, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1527288 LegiScan-ToS
HCR 5004 Proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to…	Senate Emergency Final Action - Adopted by required 2/3 majority - Yea: 37 Nay: 3	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1526067	Mar 25, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1526067 LegiScan-ToS
SB 241 Providing that restrictive covenants in certain contracts are enforceable and not considered a…	Senate Concurred with amendments - Yea: 38 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1526791	Mar 25, 2025	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1526791 LegiScan-ToS

Topics in their record

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)