# Will Carpenter

Will Carpenter is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 75.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 75
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/695c8e66-9ee6-4431-8bd4-b7435b04e2c7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/695c8e66-9ee6-4431-8bd4-b7435b04e2c7 (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

33% of the 18 bills Carpenter sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 124 in the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.09), from 15 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.6% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 9 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 1 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 6042: Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6042/
- 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/
- HB 2585: Providing for the delta waterfowl distinctive license plate. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2585/
- HB 2543: Requiring an annual reimbursement to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for lost revenue from free or discounted hunting and fishing licenses,… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2543/
- HB 2507: Removing the requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the face of each such stamp and increasing the fees for such… (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2507/
- HB 2505: Providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2505/
- HB 2511: Permitting moneys received from agricultural production on a state-owned property to be used for the management of all state-owned properties. (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2511/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,850 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_carpenter_will_1/
- Campaign site: https://willforkansas.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willforkansas/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/695c8e66-9ee6-4431-8bd4-b7435b04e2c7