# Melissa Oropeza

Melissa Oropeza is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 37
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/faf6de90-d016-4f46-8b12-0be42d361030

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/faf6de90-d016-4f46-8b12-0be42d361030 (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

Oropeza reported $1,750 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.04), from 48 donors and 190 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 27 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 103 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/
- HCR 5030: Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5030/
- 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/
- 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/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,750 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_oropeza_melissa_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.oropeza4kansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/oropeza4kansas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.oropezavail.9

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/faf6de90-d016-4f46-8b12-0be42d361030