# Louis Ruiz

Louis Ruiz is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 31
- Serving since: 2005-01-01
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6a7f0eed-6a34-4bd2-842c-2978ca9c6008

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a7f0eed-6a34-4bd2-842c-2978ca9c6008 (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

Ruiz reported $500 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 7 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 117 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 6041: Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawk Theatre. (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6041/
- 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 5030: Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5030/
- HB 2707: Modifying the definition of abuse in the protection from abuse act to include certain acts or threats related to pets and specifying that courts may include… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2707/
- HB 2678: Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2678/
- HB 2630: Providing the authority for counties and cities to levy an additional liquor enforcement tax for property tax reduction. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2630/
- HB 2620: Increasing the eligible credit amount for the earned income tax credit. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2620/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $500 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_ruiz_louis_1/
- X: https://x.com/RepRuiz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louis.ruiz.104
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-ruiz-76a8494/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a7f0eed-6a34-4bd2-842c-2978ca9c6008