# Stephen Owens

Stephen Owens is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/413cc3ff-a3b9-465b-827d-4aeb4b0b42c1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/413cc3ff-a3b9-465b-827d-4aeb4b0b42c1 (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

100% of Owens’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 165 donors and 486 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 10 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 17.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas Senate 18.3%; rank 26 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 1732: Commending Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and acknowledging the patriotic commitment of all Kansas employers who support their employees serving in… (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1732/
- SR 1727: Congratulating the 2026 Kansas Master Teachers. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1727/
- SCR 1620: Recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and the threat to national security that such debt poses. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1620/
- SB 304: Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for the distribution of… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB304/
- SCR 1615: Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1615/
- SB 302: Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB302/
- SB 307: Requiring veterans with a condition from military service to be offered diversion for certain offenses and expanding the mitigating factor for departure at… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB307/
- SR 1717: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. (introduced, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1717/
- SR 1715: Recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the capitol. (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1715/
- SR 1714: Recognizing the members of the Kansas Task Force 1 for their outstanding efforts as responders during Hurricanes Helene and Milton. (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1714/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $35.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_owens_stephen_1/
- X: https://x.com/repowens
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephen.owens.9659
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-owens-70a4a919/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/413cc3ff-a3b9-465b-827d-4aeb4b0b42c1