# Kathleen Kauth

Kathleen Kauth is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 31.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 31
- Serving since: 2022-06-07
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9d6fd408-5497-4038-9716-c1f487e348d2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9d6fd408-5497-4038-9716-c1f487e348d2 (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

Kauth has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 101 donors and 544 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 95.5%).

Key votes:

- 2026-04-17 · voted nay · Fredrickson MO586 failed · LB 929 Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB929/
- 2026-04-17 · voted nay · Cavanaugh, J. MO585 failed · LB 1256 Redefine a term under the Emergency Management Act · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1256/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1*-0 · LB 912A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB912A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 47-2*-0 · LB 955 Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB955/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 43-6*-0 · LB 1261A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1261A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820 Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-11-0 · LB 935 Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB935/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 41-8*-0 · LB 889 Change a penalty and provisions regulating licensure and registration under the State Electrical Act · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB889/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 905 Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB905/

## Legislation (NE 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 44 bills: 43 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 5. 31.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 28 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 436: Interim study to review regulations for professional employer organizations (in committee, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR436/
- LB 847A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB847A/
- LB 1173: Provide for an annual filing fee for certain employers under the Employment Security Law, rename the Contractor and Professional Employer Organization… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1173/
- LB 1174: Change provisions related to reports of condition under the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act and provide for a remittance transfer tax (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1174/
- LB 1134: Change and provide limitations on updates to state and local building codes, electrical codes, and energy codes (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1134/
- LB 1133: Provide for payment of claims against the state (became law, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1133/
- LB 1040: Change provisions of the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act relating to grounds for civil commitment and inpatient treatment and allow for interested… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1040/
- LR 301: Interim study to examine whether socially or medically changing the behavioral or physical characteristics of a child in opposition to the characteristics… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR301/
- LB 834: Change provisions relating to county assessors, the Property Tax Administrator, real property assessments, taxes levied in counties, delinquent taxes owed to… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB834/
- LB 833: Change provisions relating to instructional priorities and degree programs at state colleges (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB833/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,722 (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=31
- Campaign site: https://kathleenkauth.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electkathleenkauth/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenkauth/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9d6fd408-5497-4038-9716-c1f487e348d2