Rep. Steven Howe
District 71•(R)•Kansas House
Summary
Rep. Steven Howe (R) represents Kansas in the House. This session, Rep. Howe has sponsored 6 bills, co-sponsored 13 bills, voted Yes 416 times, and No 57 times.
Record
Rep. Steven Howe is the prime sponsor of 6 bills and a co-sponsor of 13 this session.
Bills
HB 2695Enacting the enhanced oversight and accountability for the prescription of psychotropic drug prescriptions act to require the secretary of health and environment to establish an online reporting system for adverse drug reactions.Apr 9, 2026 · In House CommitteeHR 6036Congratulating Stryten Energy on the 50th anniversary of its battery manufacturing facility in Salina.Mar 16, 2026 · PassedHB 2523Authorizing technical colleges and community colleges to affiliate with Kansas universities or colleges, authorizing state educational institutions to affiliate with accredited independent institutions and providing procedures for such affiliations.Feb 9, 2026 · IntroducedHB 2677Mandating health insurance plans to provide coverage and payment for hearing aids for children under the age of 18.Feb 4, 2026 · In House CommitteeHB 2410Allowing for a public library taxing district to withdraw from a regional system of cooperating libraries with no discretion regarding approval of such withdrawal by the state library board.Feb 4, 2026 · Introduced
Votes
Rep. Steven Howe has voted Yes on 416 bills and No on 57 this session.
HB 2745Senate Substitute for HB 2745 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeHB 2763Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeHB 2731Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to establish continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance, directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval, prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs, limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeHB 2651Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant's own recognizance.Apr 10, 2026 · Vetoed · Voted AyeSB 430Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code.Apr 10, 2026 · Signed by Governor · Voted Aye
