# Megan Steele

Megan Steele is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 51.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 51
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2b9bf649-25fe-4910-8ee9-fe1de5e978da

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b9bf649-25fe-4910-8ee9-fe1de5e978da (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

27% of the 22 bills Steele sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.07), from 45 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 14 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 7 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 6043: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Melody McCray-Miller. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6043/
- HR 6044: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Harold Lane. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6044/
- HR 6040: Commemorating the life and service of Representative John Resman. (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6040/
- HR 6034: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6034/
- HCR 5034: Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas by revising article 11 by establishing the freedom from taxes fund, establishing the Kansas… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5034/
- HB 2599: Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal property sold each calendar year and from local… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2599/
- HB 2503: Repealing the mail ballot election act. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2503/
- HB 2473: Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2473/
- HB 2444: Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is… (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2444/
- HB 2413: Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational… (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2413/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,650 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 45% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/rep_steele_megan_1/
- Campaign site: https://megandsteele.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meganforkansas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganforkansas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-megan-d-steele-5a8ab71ab/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b9bf649-25fe-4910-8ee9-fe1de5e978da