DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Melissa M Oropeza

Kansas State Representative, District 37 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 37

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 1; 30 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 2.9%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +43.8; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Social Services Budget · ranking democratic member
Health and Human Services
Health and Social Services Special
Legislative Modernization
Pharmaceutical Studies Special

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 30 sponsored · 1 became law

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HB 2029 Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026

HB 2436 Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person…
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · Failed in the House Apr 2026

HB 2296 Requiring that certain health insurance plans impose a no-cost sharing requirement for a diagnostic or…
Insurance · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2278 Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.
Taxation · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2074 Including homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims.
Taxation · Failed in committee Apr 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Oropeza sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Oropeza is closer to the center than 6% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Abi Boatman, Ford Carr, Brooklynne Mosley

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET

With Oropeza’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Kansas House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Oropeza’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Oropeza	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Apr 11, 2026	HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily…	No	No	Yes	Passed 74–47
Apr 10, 2026	SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling…	No	No	Yes	Passed 78–44
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -…	No	No	Yes	Passed 71–49
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction…	No	No	Yes	Passed 76–44
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and…	No	No	Yes	Passed 87–35

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Oropeza was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028Kansas House of Representatives, District 37

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	Seat	+/−
2026	Kansas House of Representatives, District 37	Won	D+43.8	D+17.1	+26.7
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 37	Won	D+25.6	D+17.1	+8.5
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 37	Won	D+23.7	D+22.3	+1.4