# Lynn Melton

Lynn Melton is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 36
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c1529b6d-c377-4491-9397-d61c1301243a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1529b6d-c377-4491-9397-d61c1301243a (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

0% of the 30 bills Melton sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.03), from 81 donors and 191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 20 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 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 2679: Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2679/
- 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 2689: Enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state, establishing the Kansas tri-share… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2689/
- HB 2656: Establishing the no kid hungry in schools program to reimburse school districts for the cost of providing certain meals to students attending public school. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2656/
- HB 2632: Increasing the household income and appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2632/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,000 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_melton_lynn_1/
- X: https://x.com/lynnsmithmelton
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lynn.smithmelton
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-melton-34288413/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1529b6d-c377-4491-9397-d61c1301243a