# Shannon Francis

Shannon Francis is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 125.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 125
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cc0df3af-9c8b-4834-a629-c16e4c8debcb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc0df3af-9c8b-4834-a629-c16e4c8debcb (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

25% of the 20 bills Francis sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.01), from 6 donors and 599 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 20 bills: 8 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 14 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 6042: Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6042/
- HR 6041: Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawk Theatre. (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6041/
- 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 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/
- HR 6018: Recognizing March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day. (introduced, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6018/
- HR 6015: Supporting Irish-Kansas trade partnership. (introduced, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6015/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.0K (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.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_francis_shannon_1/
- X: https://x.com/_shannonfrancis
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannonfranciskansasrep
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-francis-1689316a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc0df3af-9c8b-4834-a629-c16e4c8debcb