# Ken Collins

Ken Collins is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 2
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9d1f2540-8f56-49c1-be08-2ee7b7faed8e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9d1f2540-8f56-49c1-be08-2ee7b7faed8e (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

29% of the 17 bills Collins sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.01), from 31 donors and 593 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 9 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 29.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 4 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 6046: Honoring and supporting United States veterans who served in Honduras between 1981 and 1992. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6046/
- 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/
- 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 2412: Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2412/
- HR 6018: Recognizing March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day. (introduced, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6018/
- HR 6016: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6016/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,750 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_collins_kenneth_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.kenforkansas.net/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kansasdistrict2/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-collins-71a0a8109/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9d1f2540-8f56-49c1-be08-2ee7b7faed8e