# Chip VanHouden

Chip VanHouden is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 26
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bb92c4f1-d89e-4147-9b09-5fc1f56fca1c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb92c4f1-d89e-4147-9b09-5fc1f56fca1c (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

VanHouden sits at +0.02 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.02 (standard error 0.10), from 9 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.2% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 8 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 23.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 19 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 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/
- HR 6027: Honoring Kansas District Optimist for its commitment to hope, positive thinking and action. (introduced, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6027/
- HB 2687: Prohibiting any governmental agency from regulating landings, takeoffs or the operation of aquatic aircraft on waters of the state. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2687/
- HB 2670: Prohibiting video streaming services from transmitting commercial advertisements with the audio louder than that of the main video streaming content in which… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2670/
- HB 2599: Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal property sold each calendar year and from local… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2599/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,000 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/rep_vanhouden_charles_1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunnySpringHill/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chipvh2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb92c4f1-d89e-4147-9b09-5fc1f56fca1c