Stephen Owens
Kansas State Senator, District 31 since 2024. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 1 yr
- Since 2024
- Bills became law
- 0
- 13 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.4%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 96%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +28.5
- Won 2024
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Commerce · vice chair
- Assessment and Taxation
- Commerce Special
- Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight
- J. Russell (Russ) Jennings Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
- Public Health and Welfare
- Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight
- State Budget Special
- State Building Construction
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Taxation · Failed in the House Apr 2026
Children and Minors · Failed in the House Apr 2026
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Schools · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Military · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Owens sits in the Kansas State Senate
Owens is closer to the center than 37% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Chase Blasi, Ty Masterson, Mike Petersen
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Owens’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans96%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kansas State Senate.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Owens’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Owens | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 27–13 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 29–11 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 21–18 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 27–13 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 29–10 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Owens was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas State Senate, District 31 | Won | R+28.5 |
| 2022 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 74 | Won | R+53.6 |
| 2020 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 74 | Won | — |
| 2018 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 74 | Won | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Owens has held
- Kansas State Senate, District 31 · since 2024
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 74 · 2018–2024
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Owens has run against
- Jason Miller (D) · 2024 general, won
- Henry Hein (L) · 2022 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Owens
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/413cc3ff-a3b9-465b-827d-4aeb4b0b42c1
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET