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
HB 2729 Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to provide forms and notices to…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 8	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1679937	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1679937 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2727 Providing for the plaintiff to elect to limit recovery in claims brought for violations of the…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 8	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1679993	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1679993 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2719 Providing an exception to the rules and regulations filing act for technical amendments, creating a…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 38 Nay: 1	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1679880	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1679880 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2603 Prohibiting regulation of battery-charged security fences by municipalities.	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 30 Nay: 9	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1679922	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1679922 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2593 Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 27 Nay: 12	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1680137	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1680137 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2521 Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 30 Nay: 9	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1680038	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1680038 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2437 Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 28 Nay: 11	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1680139	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1680139 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2372 Senate Substitute for HB 2372 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 9	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1680029	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1680029 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2333 Enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act, providing a civil cause of action and…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 29 Nay: 11	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1679898	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1679898 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2329 Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 29 Nay: 10	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1679917	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1679917 LegiScan-ToS
HB 2004 Requiring the secretary for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 29 Nay: 10	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1680000	Apr 9, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1680000 LegiScan-ToS
SB 487 Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system…	Senate Concurred with amendments in conference - Yea: 39 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671691	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671691 LegiScan-ToS
SB 462 Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 29 Nay: 10	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671992	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671992 LegiScan-ToS
SB 435 Providing procedures, standards and requirements for the deposit and investment of public moneys…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671997	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671997 LegiScan-ToS
SB 418 Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 35 Nay: 4	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671727	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671727 LegiScan-ToS
SB 412 Imposing a duty on a conservator to notify certain entities and persons of any court order…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671741	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671741 LegiScan-ToS
SB 403 Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 37 Nay: 2	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671750	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671750 LegiScan-ToS
SB 391 Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 29 Nay: 11	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1672018	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1672018 LegiScan-ToS
SB 382 Providing for the administration of statewide assessments to virtual school students by such…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 37 Nay: 3	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1672036	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1672036 LegiScan-ToS
SB 380 Requiring retail electric suppliers to provide fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates and…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671837	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671837 LegiScan-ToS
SB 374 Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 0	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671785	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671785 LegiScan-ToS
SB 368 Enacting the health care sharing ministries tax deduction act to provide a subtraction modification…	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 30 Nay: 9	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671699	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671699 LegiScan-ToS
SB 361 Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 29 Nay: 10	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671996	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671996 LegiScan-ToS
SB 356 House Substitute for SB 356 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Authorizing the adoption of…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 1	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671920	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671920 LegiScan-ToS
SB 353 Designating an official Kansas railroad hall of fame and establishing the Kansas railroad hall of…	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 38 Nay: 1	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1671804	Mar 27, 2026	pass	LegiScan API legiscan-1671804 LegiScan-ToS

Topics in their record

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (687 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (17 as lead sponsor)