# Bill Sutton

Bill Sutton is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 43
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dc23fc2c-0f64-4fab-96ec-951f0efbe7bb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc23fc2c-0f64-4fab-96ec-951f0efbe7bb (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

30% of the 20 bills Sutton sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.02), from 6 donors and 577 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 10 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 30.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 3 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 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/
- HCR 5022: Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5022/
- 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/
- 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/
- HR 6016: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6016/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,750 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_sutton_william_1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bill.sutton.58
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-sutton-a39540112/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc23fc2c-0f64-4fab-96ec-951f0efbe7bb