R Kansas House · District 71 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Steve Howe

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Session

Total votes

1,619

all sessions

Attendance

98%

40 missed

Lower than 82% of chamber peers

With party

93%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

4%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

1,386

voted in favor

Nay

193

voted against

Absent

40

missed votes

Total cast

1,619

across all sessions

Crossed party

97

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

HB 2039

Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, amending definitions in the Kansas credentialing act to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies, clarifying that the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a healthcare professional, permitting certain ambulance services to offer service for less than 24 hours per day, every day of the year, and requiring entities that control automated external defibrillators to register the device with the emergency medical services board.

Yea

Passed

119–0

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2062

Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations.

Yea

Passed

85–34

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2075

Determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody and requiring that the secretary provide support to such law enforcement officers, the court review involvement in permanency planning and a permanency hearing for a child in custody of the secretary be held within nine months from such child's removal from the and every subsequent hearing 6 months thereafter.

Yea

Passed

119–0

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2083

Providing a property tax exemption for new energy storage systems and excluding new energy storage systems from the commercial and industrial machinery and equipment exemption. Against party

Nay

Passed

90–29

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2116

Requiring that certain contractual provisions be incorporated in all contracts for certain cities and counties, including the provisions of form DA-146a, with certain exceptions.

Yea

Passed

119–0

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2118

Requiring any person who solicits a fee for filing or retrieving certain documents from the federal government, the state, a state agency or a local government to give certain notices to consumers and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act.

Yea

Passed

117–2

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2121

Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund.

Yea

Passed

99–20

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2122

Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles, trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund, modifying the threshold limit for allowing quarterly payments of certain truck and truck tractor annual vehicle registration fees and eliminating the two-quarter grace period for truck or truck tractor owners that have delinquent quarterly payments before certain penalties apply.

Yea

Passed

118–1

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2155

Specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails.

Yea

Passed

108–11

Feb 19, 2025

HB 2158

Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act.

Yea

Passed

85–34

Feb 19, 2025