Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Steven T. Kuykendall
Steven Kuykendall was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1999.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.Con.Res. 402 Recognizing the importance of the Selective Service System on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the United States' first peacetime military registration…Sep 14, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- H.Con.Res. 327 Honoring the service and sacrifice during periods of war by members of the United States merchant marine.Sep 14, 2000 · Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 4778 Victims of Stalkers Equality Act of 2000Jul 11, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 4258 Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2000Jun 12, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
- H.R. 4220 Gun Traffickers Pretrial Threat Assessment Act of 2000Apr 18, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 244 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the United States Women's Soccer Team and its winning performance in the 1999 Women's…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 112 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the S.S. LANE VICTORY.98 cosponsors
- H.R. 4174 (106th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain retention and reenlistment bonuses for members of the Armed Forces.4 cosponsors
- H.R. 4173 (106th) To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that members of the uniformed services may participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.2 cosponsors
- H.R. 3264 (106th) Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 19991 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kuykendall has won
Rep. Kuykendall has won 1 U.S. House election (1998–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.3 to 2.3 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.