# Steve Howe

Steve Howe is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 71.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 71
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e5b4d1e8-40a3-4f75-af3a-36fc7e84a228

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e5b4d1e8-40a3-4f75-af3a-36fc7e84a228 (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

Howe reported $3,250 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.02), from 46 donors and 489 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 9 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 80 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 6046: Honoring and supporting United States veterans who served in Honduras between 1981 and 1992. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6046/
- 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 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 6036: Congratulating Stryten Energy on the 50th anniversary of its battery manufacturing facility in Salina. (introduced, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6036/
- HR 6034: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6034/
- HB 2677: Mandating health insurance plans to provide coverage and payment for hearing aids for children under the age of 18. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2677/
- HB 2695: Enacting the enhanced oversight and accountability for the prescription of psychotropic drug prescriptions act to require the secretary of health and… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2695/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,250 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_howe_steven_1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steven.howe.370
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-howe-46168812a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e5b4d1e8-40a3-4f75-af3a-36fc7e84a228