# John Kolb

John Kolb is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a8a05d47-8306-4f20-a848-02c92db1fffe

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8a05d47-8306-4f20-a848-02c92db1fffe (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

Kolb sits at −0.08 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.08 (standard error 0.01), from 19 donors and 889 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.6% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 93.5% (77%). 118 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 52. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 18 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 112: Elimination of license plate replacement cycle. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF112/
- SF 111: Select committee on gaming. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF111/
- SF 87: Felony interference with a police officer-amendments. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF87/
- SF 175: Unemployment insurance coverage-period and reporting. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-01) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF175/
- SF 176: Unemployment compensation-employer contributions. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF176/
- SF 131: Regulatory reduction task force-2. (passed one chamber, 2024-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF131/
- SF 132: American rescue plan act appropriations-amendments-4. (passed both chambers, 2024-03-09) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF132/
- SF 86: School safety and security-funding. (became law, 2024-03-22) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF86/
- SF 182: Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission-2. (introduced, 2023-01-27) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF182/
- SF 139: Unlawful use of a charge card or debit card. (became law, 2023-02-21) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF139/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.4K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/2066
- Campaign site: https://www.votekolb.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votekolb/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8a05d47-8306-4f20-a848-02c92db1fffe