# John Alcala

John Alcala is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 57.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 57
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f29363f0-8ac1-4c25-a8a7-74db5cefd9a4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f29363f0-8ac1-4c25-a8a7-74db5cefd9a4 (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 21 bills Alcala sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 11 donors and 587 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 13 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 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/
- HCR 5030: Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5030/
- HCR 5029: Proposing to amend the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section relating to the public right to possess and use… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5029/
- 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/
- HCR 5028: Proposing to amend the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section relating to the right for adults to possess and use… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5028/
- HR 6028: A RESOLUTION condemning the violent, aggressive, and hostile presence of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6028/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,850 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_alcala_john_1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f29363f0-8ac1-4c25-a8a7-74db5cefd9a4