R Kansas House · District 71 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Steve Howe

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Session

Total votes

870

all sessions

Attendance

99%

5 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

93%

of cast votes

Lower than 80% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

4%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 79% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

756

voted in favor

Nay

109

voted against

Absent

5

missed votes

Total cast

870

across all sessions

Crossed party

57

votes against own party

This page

870

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 49

Requiring installation of light-mitigating technology systems on new and existing wind energy conversion systems subject to certain conditions.

Yea

Passed

104–6

Mar 29, 2023

SB 169

House Substitute for SB 169 by Committee on Taxation - providing an income tax rate of 5.15% for individuals and decreasing the normal tax for corporations, increasing the income limit for the income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the standard deduction by a cost-of-living adjustment, discontinuing the food sales tax credit, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients on January 1, 2024, and increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.

Yea

Passed

84–26

Mar 29, 2023

SB 132

Providing for the buffalo soldier distinctive license plate.

Yea

Passed

85–25

Mar 29, 2023

HB 2232

Senate Substitute for HB 2232 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Allowing income tax net operating loss carryback from the sale of certain historic hotels.

Yea

Passed

108–2

Mar 29, 2023

HB 2317

Senate Substitute for HB 2317 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of over-the-counter drugs.

Yea

Passed

109–1

Mar 29, 2023

SB 73

House Substitute for SB 73 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Requiring school district enrollment to be determined using the current school year or preceding school year enrollment under the Kansas school equity and enhancement act.

Yea

Passed

81–29

Mar 29, 2023

SB 42

House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Appropriations - Exempting rural emergency hospitals from the hospital provider assessment and establishing residency and other requirements for membership on a hospital board.

Yea

Passed

93–17

Mar 29, 2023

HB 2179

Establishing periods of ineligibility for child care subsidy based on cooperation with child support services and requiring the secretary to conduct reviews of cooperation with child support.

Yea

Passed

110–0

Mar 29, 2023

HB 2194

Enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights.

Yea

Passed

110–0

Mar 29, 2023

SB 144

Exempting satellite service and video programming services accessed over the internet from the video competition act.

Yea

Passed

110–0

Mar 29, 2023