# Courtney Sappington

Courtney Sappington is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 5
- Serving since: 2025-10-13
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3618106c-5f38-4df6-bf12-d58576bd7c93

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3618106c-5f38-4df6-bf12-d58576bd7c93 (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

Sappington sits at −0.01 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.01 (standard error 0.13), from 10 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.3% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 3 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 14.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 63 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 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,200 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 33% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3618106c-5f38-4df6-bf12-d58576bd7c93